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THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1957,

NO SATISFACTION Plight of Bengali Refugees

Girard's Brother

Visits The

White House

Washington, June 10.

US Army Specialist 3/C William S. Girard's

brother said today that

he got no satisfaction from the White House in urging an American trial for Girard,

Louis Girard, 28, and a delegation from Ottawa, Illinois, the American soldier's hometown, called at the White House to present petitions bear- ing nearly 17,000 names urging President Eisen- hower to reverse his decision to let the Japanese try Girard.

They conferred with Edward L. S. Cleness, city editor of McCabe, a White House altor- the Republieun Times of Oltawa, ney, press steretary James C., had this version of the meeling: Hagerty and Wilton B. Persons, a Presidential pesistant,

DISCUSSION.

Girard suid. "I didn't get an answer from the White House ofciuis.

He sald McCabe told blm, "this mee.Ing is not a matter for Fulley discussion,"

STASSEN TO SEE DULLES

Washington, June 10.

Harold Mr

Slassen, United States delegate to the Five-Power Disarma. ment talks in London, will confer tomorrow in Wash- Ington with Mr John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State, it was announced to day,

"We were treated politely and assured that the ma.ter would be brought to the President's a.tention, We were told that the President is very concerned about the ease."

According to Clemens, Hagerly "the Government is trying to be explained to the delegation that

careful in any remarks that might be made concerning the cuse to guard against prejudicing the courts in Japan and here against Girard."

who Dirksen, Son. Everett arranged for the delegation to call at the White House was asked whether he got any

in- dication that Elsentrower might change his mind on the Girard

case.

"I have no indication of my kind" Dirksen replied.

John Griffin, an attorney for Girard, suggested that since the White House would not answer The question Girard asked, that the rame question be asked by a casator,

Griffin added that he would like to see Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johikan pul the query to White House officials,

The London talks are now in recess and Mr Stassen arrived in

COMMITTEE Washington yesterday for what the State Department spokesmun aald was the primary purpose of Senator Barry Goldwater attending the graduation of his (Republican, Arizona) asked

University of the Senate today tu

1 send bipartisan four-man suècial com- mittee to Japan to observe the Girard trial.

son from Virginio.

the

The spokesman added. "Quile naturally and normally when in Washington he consults with people here."

US CORRESPONDENTS

ALLOWED TO

VISIT RED CHINA?

Washington, June 10.

US Secretary of State, Mr John Foster Dulles, is reportedly considering a suggestion to allow American news agencies and newspapers which had correspon. dents in China before the Communists took over in 1949 to send their newamen into Communist China.

Oficial circles said the sugges- Lon was among several pro-

ALLEGATIONS poenis put forward by represoi-

REJECTED

BY ISRAEL

latives of the American press, and that Mr Dulles had not ye made any decision on them.

It was though, however, that etitors of major

American papers would not accept such a proposal and would continue 10 demand complete freedom American journalists to perform American

the of informing people 001 world events.

their work

A CHANGE

New York, June 10. Israel today rejected Saudi-Arabian allegations that her warships had fired on coastal positions in the Gulf of Aqaba and "threa- tened Moslem pilgrimage Mr Dulles present attitude routes to Mecca and Medina, represents a considerable change Delegation sources said Mr from his original stand, which Mordecal Kidron, Israeli deputy was an outright refusal to allow permanent representativo at American Journalists to go to the United Nations, had sent a

Communist China na long as tho Counell Chinese Communista süll held jetter to the Security stating that his country's use of the Gulf of Aqaba would in no way interfere with pilgrims,

The text

of the letter was The resolution maintained thalater released I said that the weck or more with representa- the Defence Department prder eldonts alleged by Saudi tives of Britain, France and surrendering Gitard to Jupin Arabia hed "never taken place." Canada before lying the new for trial violated treaties

the Soviet tween The US and Japan- proposals before Union-Reuter.

Reuter and United Press.

He Introduced a resolution which would assign two men- Mr Stassen was in Washingtenbers trom the Senate Judiciary from the for lengthy

consultations three Committee and two

Armed Services Commitice weeks ago and afterwards re

Republican and a Democrat turned to London with a new set of United States disarmament from each group to attend the

****trial. proposals. He has been sulting in London for the past

con-

A British Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS

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* Act as a wet blanket (4).

7 Shoot at a bird (5);

B' Clearly not your respon-.

Bibility (4).

9 K.O. Bob, the holder (4).

10 Repeat it first (7).

12 Face with Agures (4).

15 Ready to alter? (6).

18 Arrest for taking a

perhaps (4).

19 Irritating (5).

watch,

21 Maturo but not Victor (8),

give royal

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2 Act in the theatre? (7),

4 Make a change in

Lerms (5).

Lyu-

nominal

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the pool! (4).

0 Semi-maternal cat (4).

Take the pets for a walk? (4),

11 How to play solo? (5).

13 Ancient Peruvian (4),

14 Songs one plays without a

10 Tried to be weary (3).

17 Push a letter on a stick (4) 18 Notion the ideation (4)))

22 A real reduction in space piano! (4).

(4). 23 Did wrong lo

letter to a Communist (6). 26 Premises of a kind' (4). 29 He goes through quite a lot

of books (7),

80 If you are, you won't (4).

$1 Ward having been dla

turbod (4).

20 Being Uresome about Ted's

103 (7).

22 A peculiar. llly (6).

24 Hiram's salary increase? (5).

25 More like a judge than a

lord! (9)..

81 Attracted by temptation (0), 27 Highest point (4), 83 Speed past (4).

28 a not too demanding! · (4).

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INSTRUCTIONS

American eltizona there in

violation of the Sino-American agreement reached in Geneva in September, 1955.

Later, Mr Dulles said he did the possibility of not exclude allowing a certain limited num- ber of carefully chosen repre- sentatives of the American press to visit China.

Israeli naval forces WOTC "under strict instructions not to iolate the territorial waters of Saudi Arabi and not, under any press-France-Presse, circumstances, to attack other

Their stories were to be made avalloble to the whole American

vessels or coastal posilous."

Israel's policy was "*in con Tribute to the fullest extent lo the maintenance of peace and

irt tranquility

inter- these national waters," the letter sali. It added that the Israeli Government "so far from inter-◄ fering in any way with the araditional pilgrimage, declared its desire to place all possible faciles at its posal."

bes

فال

Israel had never "prejudiced the Moxes pilgrimage in any way," nor had she any intention of doing so.-Reuter.

DOCTRINE REJECTED

BY YEMEN

London, June 10,

The Yemeni Government has |refused to accept the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East and offers of the US aid, Calro Radio reported tonight.

The Radlo sald that a 10- member American Mission to [the Yemen, fed by the American Capetown, June 10. Ambassador in Saudi Arabia, Mr Eric Louw, Minister of [had been told by Yemen! officials External Affairs, told the Assem-that the Yemen would accept bly today South Africa was no offer of conditional aid. "certainly prepared to return Reporting the departure of the United Nations and to re-the American Mission from the sume active participation in its Yemen, the Radio added that work but not under the condi-Yemeni oficiala sald they would tions of the past 11 years."-sook ald from Arab states if Reuter

they needed 1-Reuter.

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Wyndham Seynet,

One of the most pressing problems facing the Govern- ment of India is that of the many hundreds of Bengali re- fugees who are now Blocking into the parks and streets near Coletta's two railway elations, Howrah and Sealdah, Many have died through dis- caso and malnutrition. About two months ago the refugees left a rehabilitation camp in the neighbouring province of Bibar, following unofficial promises of rehabilitation in their own province of West Bengal. Originally they were Hindu refugees from East Pakistan to India. The Gov- ernment refuses to help them unless they return to their rehabilitation centre in Bilar, where, they complain, they are neglected. Plotared is a reneral view of the refugees near Howrah Station, — Ex-

press Photo,

Washington, June 10. Secretary of State John Foster Dulics said today there "is no such possibility" the United States would recognise China in the near future, United Press.

CULT OF

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SUPREME COURT RULING

PERSONALITY US CIVILIAN NOT IN GHANA? SUBJECTED TO

Accra, June 10. Mr Joe Appiah, son-in-law of the late Sir Stafford Cripps, former British Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, to- night accused the Ghanaian Government of "acts of sedition and treason against Her Majesty the Queen"

Mr Applah, an Executive Member of the Ghana.Oypoal-

COURT MARTIAL

Washington, June 10.

The Supreme Court today reversed one of its earlier decisions and held that civilians who

accompanied members of the Armed Forces over- seas could not be subject to military trial for crimes committed abroad.

The court's flist decision-by tion Party, the National Libera-3-3 vote announced on June

tion Movement, told a mam11. 1958-upheld the authority

Military rally at Sowia, an Ashanti town,

civilians, that the opposition would "rine up in arms if necessary against a government which by its own nctions would have proved it- scit disloyal to the Queen.”

of

Courts to

try

UNRESOLVED

convicted abroad of murdering

recon-

decision on constitutional

bronze

Lawyers for two women

Referring to Dr Nkrumah's their husbands won a decision to set up a 20-foot high cideration of the

statue of himself in the ground that Accra, the establishment of a, queations had been lett unnesoly- workers' brigade, state farms. and the relegation of the Queen's representative to an interior residence, Mr Applah said all this reminded hin of what hap- pened in "Iron Curtain" coun- tries,

THEORY

AR these, he added, were directed in Communist theory at developing in the leader of the party what was called the "cult of the personality."

Today's ruling was announces by Justice Hugo Black. It was a8-3 majority decision,

ALL A CASE. OF WHO SMILES

Lahti, June 10, Mr Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Communist Party leader, said today that he who is against smiles is for war and he who approves of smiles is The women involved were Mrs Dorothy Krueger Smith, for eternal peace. convicted

the in Tokyo for Colonel stabbing of

In a short extempore speech on Aubrey Smith, and Mrs Clarice Covert, his rival in Lohui with Minrahal convicted in England for the Bulganin, the Soviet Prantor, axe murder of Master-Sergeant and Mr Andrei Gromyko, the Edward Covert. Both women | Foreign Minister, he added: "Let got life sentences,

us unite our efforts for pence and against the danger of war," Mrs Smith is carving her sentence in the Federal - Re-

The Soviet leaders are tour. formatory for Women at Aldering Finnish provinces. bon, West Virginia.

NO JURISDICTION

Mr Khrushchev said that some Western journalisto in their the Finna of Russian smiles.

"Sandles are, however, a edgra

Mr Appiah was understood to bo particularly referring to the ban on reading the "Queen's Message in Ghana on Common- wealth Youth Sunday, tho abrupt stopping of "God Save Her father, retired General articles warned

Krueger began pro- the Queen" being played in Walter addition to Ghana's own Na-ceedings in Federal District Court tional Anthem, the taldagt over in Charleston, West Virginia to of Christiansborg Castle from win her release, but the court the Governor-General, and the martial conviction was upheld. substitution of Dr Nkrumah's

Justice Black's opinion today hood for the Queen's on indo directed that both women pendence stamps all of which

released from custody, moves have been crillelsed re- pantedly by Opposition spoken- men since independence. ---- Reuter.

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