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To

Syrian

HE United States decision

expol The Ambassador to Washington Is one of the most drastic steps taken by one country against another in thu diplomatic field for some time.

The move, in retaliation for Syria's declaration that three American mumber: of the United Stoich Embassy in Damascus ure! persona non grata in view of their alleged implication in a plot to overthrow the Syrian Government, is only Just short of a decision to break off diplomatic rela-

tions.

It is the level of the retalin tion that is important

it emphasises the serious- ness with which the State) Department

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matter. It may also be possible that the ultimatel decision to sever relations is still under active con- | sideration.

AN EXCUSE

UCH a, decision, however,

If it is contemplated orj even entertained, could well prove disastrous in the long run and play into Syrian and other hands.

A complete ruptura migin

givo Syria un excuse to ally, itself more closely with the i Soviet Union and open tho

wider gates

Lu further Soviet penetration in the Middle East.

have

The temptation must

been great under the ci- ! cumstances of the provoca tive charges, particularly | ng it is acknowledged that United States relations with Syrin

are at their

lowest ebb since the regime of President Shukri Al-

Kuwalty began to receive! Soviet arms and the State Department expeluneed its first qualins at the extent, of Egyptian and Syriae co-! operation with Moscow,

ALARMING

THE alarming Syrian and

Theyptian arms furth

from Russia were among the factors considered by President Eisenhower when he decided to announce his Middle East doctrine of defending the area against Communin aggression and subversion,

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considered ini reliable circles, that thei Syrian charges form part of in attempt to drive wedgen between members of the Bagdad Pact, the "northern tier" alliance of Britain, Turkey. Iran, Iraq And

Pakistan.

While the United States is not

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CHINA MAIL

No. 36822

Established 1845

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1957.

Price 20 Cents

RELAX IN

DAKS Whiteaways

THIE HANDIO COMFORT IN ACTEN YAKIKISHIM

HDH OXUNG

KOWLOON

WESTERN

SINGAPORE: BRITAIN'S PLEDGE NO TO

Sandys Says

Says Now The Dragon's Crest Ridiculous,

Naval Base To Stay

Darwin, Aug. 16.

Mr Duncan Sandys Minister of Defence, said today Britain had no thought of quitting its base at Singapore.

He had been asked whether consideration was being given to establishing a Naval base at Darwin in view of the possible need to leave Singapore.

He said: "We in Britain are fully aware of the fine Dar-

WAR FEARS harlour facilities at

BLAMED FOR THIS FAMILY

win but have no thought of quitting Singapore."

At present, the British Government intenda to give Singapore only limited self-government and this falls short of the full inde-

TRAGEDYpendence being given to

Malaya. Also,, although the Hackpool, Aug, 15. most desirable settlement for Singapore would be to urge with Malaya, so far Premier, Malayan the

A mother of three small girls

Tound gassed

In

their beds

wrote a letter shortly before she and her husband drowned

Litemselves saying hey could Tengku Abdul Rahman has not let their children face the refused to threat of new world wars.

A farewell letter by Mrs proposal,

hfarnhall, 39-year-old wife of a worker, to her molker, W33 read to a coroner's court to- Jay.

I stated: "In view of all the

things that are happening the world and the talk of new Ware which will mean the extermination of masco of people, expecially children, We deelded we cannot allow this

Happen to our children."

TIED TOGETHER

consider this

Not Committed

This mang that Britain will be able in relaðn A naval base on Singapore, at least until Malaya is prepared to песер the merger proposal. The futuro of the Naval base will then de pond upon the Malayan Govern- mente attitude, So far it has not committed itself defnitely to association with Sento,

But also, its Government has not shown the same zenious na- tionail that has prompted Ceylon, for example, to come to

ing back 02

Supports Altrincham

And He Adds A Few Criticisms Of His Own

Says Ingrid Bergman

RUSSIA

London, Aug. 15. The Western powers at the five-nation disarma- ment conference today re- jected a Soviet plea to drop political conditions for the reduction of armed forces Rome, Aug. 15. of the "Big Four" powers Ingrid Bergman today in- below levels of 2,500,000 dignantly denied as "ridi- each for the United States Russia and. 750,000 culous" a newspaper report and that her daughter Jenny each for Britain and France, Ann Lindstrom planned to

The Western delegates told the marry one of the Rossel Soviet delegate, Mr Valcrian In a letter to the left-wing linis.

Zorin, they were prepared to New Statesman and Nation, The

to this Brst stage, cut, agree newspaper Lord Ledonderry Bald he Mamento Sera sald Jerny Ann

within a partial disarmament could not believe that anyone hed fallen, for Franco Russell 01,

agrement, without attaching "however moronle" would ac- the 22-year-old nephew of Miss conditions for the solution cep: the idea that the monarchy Bergman's husband Roberto

International problems. was "a sacrosanet head of the Rossellini.

London, Aug. 15. The 19-year-old Marquess of Londonderry today defended an article condemning the Queen's "tweedy entourage” by a fellow peer, Lord Altrincham as "a bold and justifiable picce of criticism.”

MALAYA SURPRISED

BY HK

to re. the

Singapore, Aug. 15. Malayan Soccer officials said today they were surprised at the Hongkong Football Association's decision nominate Eastern to present Ilongkong in Merdeka International Soccer Tournament, stari- ing in Kuala Lumpur August 31.

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A soccer oficial, who did not want his identity revealed, said: "I can hardly beltevé that Hongkong would treat this tournament no liebly. After all it is virtually a *Southeast Aslan Champion-

ship." The Football Association of Malaya hus cabled Hong-

DECISION

kong asking for a full Int of players and officials for the fourtiainent,

Mir Koc Ewe Telk, Chairman of the Merdeka Tourn&- ment Committee, said: "We have no official Information that Eastern is to represent Hongkong."

11c sald Hongkong had carlier given a tentativo list of players drawn from the South China, Kowloon Bus and Eastern teams. Eastern are due in Slagaporo

for

three

malcher next week after having toured Australia and New Zealand. -Reuter.

Now Here's What

The Football

Association Says:

Rome

*were

family that parades benignly It said they took a long bont and sedately in front of their trip together in the Blue Grotto loving children whenever theyin Capri last week and are wanted to, fashing their seen smiling and holding hands toothpaste miles, displaying in the streets of Capri like any their lutoot hidr-dos

and young couple in love," exhibiting their deplomble taste

ON HOLIDAY In clothes,"

surycon Dr

MIES Bergman is on holiday "That conception of 11

at the beach resort with Jenny monarchy is ludicrously

and Arm, daughter of her first hus- nauseatingly incongruous In

aband, Swedish musern

democracy, nd|Porter Lindstrom, lier Son Altrincham har ben perfectly Robertino, and twin-girls of her right ant sensible to say so. All marriage to Rossellin of us should admire him for his courage and determination," he sald

UTTERLY RIDICULOUS

To say that he has sprea on too thick is utterly ridiculous since all mild criticisms la the past have achieved nothing. For the simple tason that röthing was laid on at all."

loster

"Franco is just A member

our family,"

she said. "He

of our

of

But, they said, further force lovel cuts, despite Soviet in- sistence to the contrary, must depend on progress in the selu- tion of international problems. Keater.

500,000 Cut

For US Forces?

Washington, Aug. 15.

The American Defence De is here with his father Renzo,partment is studying plans to Roberto's brother, just as my cut down America's 2,000,000

daughter is with me!

Jenny has been visiting her mother in Italy for more than a month-United Pres.

AIRLINER FORCED TO LAND

Lord Londonerry's continued: "All these dunkeys and lackeys have benefitted Enancially and socially from the Queen, and naturally they do not_wish_10sec.. their social security threatened. Let us hope that publle opinion will follow A KLM Royal Dutch air-

Altrincham's article and up Altr

give Evelines aircraft was forced by it the

so richly support it deserves, because only by piaina Czech Air Force plane to Bratislava last speaking and ruthless relentless land

Amsterdam, Aug. 15.

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The bodies of 46-year-old Mr Andrew Marshall and his wife found floating off wore Blackpool on Saturday morn- ing. They were Hod gether. The discovery followed a three- Naval base,

police search day

for them

But il L thought possible ufter their three daughters, Bundra, Yvonne and Moira, that Britain will take into con- aged five to ten, were found sideration, possibly during Mr

Sandvs' talks in Melbomis an gassed in their sleep,

alternative The family. were all burled in possibility that an

inay have to be found to Singa- the same grave, Under the new homicide lawa, pore one day.

thin Jury returned a verdict of

Mr Sandys is visiting Hong- "manslaughter by means of a Buleide parton Mr and Mrs kong alter his visit to Aus Marshalt. Under the old-law, The Melbourne Age said this to the verdiet might have been morning Britain intended murder by one of them keep a strong garrison on this

Colony. Reuter. China Mali Special.

Hongkong is finding it difficult to send a teams can the social squalor of night, KLM officials said to-

to terms with Britain on the hand of top ranking players to represent the Colony in Trincomalee the Merdeka International Soccer Tournament

DID HIS No.2 JAPANESE

WIFE USE JUDO?

Singapore, Aug. 15.

full member of thei The young Japanese wife of a Chinese businessman

alliance it is linked by the denied in court today that she had used judo to disfocate Eisenhower doctrine with the arm of her husband's first wife. its membership in the parl's

military and anti-subversion Kinute Walatube, 22, told the, Wa.anabe, committees.

Any dreision

re-

to sever lations with Syria would Therefore leave

in agup United

diplomatic States armour to be plugged by -Russia and this would be detrimental 10 Western hopes of containing Coma- munism in the Middle East.

court through

Consulate 11 interpreter that she did not know jo and suggested that the first wife, Lim Siong Hwang, must have injured her her arm while she ans mother and sister together at-

tacked her.

She claimed that they pulled her Ear and kicked and punched her,

that is to be held in Kuala Lumpur on August 31.

$15

the

frum

the upper classes be removed night.

the ∙monarchy, and a truc from the social slough it has to democratie monarchy be raleed fallen into."

nghting men to 1,500,000 by July 1050, the Detenee Secretary, Mr Charles Wilson, sold today.

Mr Wilson who will rotire from his Journalists that

Goon fold

post, the figure of Wis tho 1,500,000

proponed minimum but streweed that no docision and yet been taken.

The DefencÓ Secretary M- cently ordered a 100,000 man- power outline the Amickican' almed forces by the end of the year-France-Presse.

Defeat For Eisenhower

Washington, Aug. 15. The House handed President Elsenhowe: one of the worst deftats of his administration

late today by slushing $800,- 650,000 from ฟร cherished foreign aid programme,

The plane, a Douglas DC-6, was released after 45 minutes continue its flight and arrived at Schiphol airport two After saying that a number and a half hours late early An official of the Hongkong | Hongkong football circles be of people whom he described this morning. Football Association said this lieve that Eastern would give a

ጌና "old fossils," "obsequious

was learned that the noning that It was not good account of itself al

morens," and "sycophants,"_ħad | phone, which was on its way

Defying a series of urgent new the football

in Merdeka tournament, Season

supportos the Queen, Lon- from Cairo to Amsterdam, was The team ranged fourth in the donderry added:

plens from the President, tho Hongkong, most of the teams at

"That past in an area of bad visibility be ID50-57 League and it has os.or of tactlessness, the Arch- the top of the league were on

House passed # Athens and twcen

Vienno,

sharply-cut foreign ald been strengthened with several bishop of Canterbury, has con- when the Czech aireraft order-

moncy bill and tour. The Association, he addou, way Onding it difficult to select Kitchee players who went on tributed another of his falultion." ed it to land.

sent it to the Senate, where Mr He was referring to a brief After its departure from Elsenhower will renew his fight. statement from the Archbishop Bratislava, jt contrived its for tunds he deemed vital to on his return to Britain from journey to Vienna and flow "Peace and security." The roll the United States in which the from there on

call vote to Prague ac-

Wag 252 to 130 for the bill-United Press,

a team.

He added that at a meeting held two days ago, the Associa liun selccled

bul 18 players after some discussion, il was realised that only four or five of them were able to travel to Malaya.

Others Away

The others were away with their respective teams touring.

The official said the meeting Eastern decided to cable the

represent Hongkong as it was on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, and would later visit Sungn-

AA,·

to asking It

Atoo-

hier husband Tan pore. He added that the Theng Poh, 20, and brother clation had not yet received a in-law Tan Ong Po were reply from Easter. charged with assaulting firs: wife Lim Stong Hwang und; her sister,

"If they should refuse, then We will have to call a meeting to discuss the matter," he said.

tour.

Princess Going Arcrbishop sald Altrincham lind cording to schedule.--Reuter.

To West Indies

London, Aug. 15.

Princess Margaret will attend

the inauguration of the federa]

been guilty of bad manners, in criticising the Queen,

ETON JAZZ BAND

Londcoderry, whose family

legislature of the West Indies un name is Alexander Charles April 22 nexi year as the Robert

Vano-Tempest-Stewart,

Queen's representällve, it was is the ninth Marquis and suc-

from announced

Buckinghamceeded his father in 1055. Palace tonight-Reuter.

He was well-known when TJ schoolboy at Eton for leading a small jazz orchestra known as the Eton Five." He has' de- clared ho plans to devote his Life to music.

Let's Have Siestas

He comes from a family who con- for many years has been cerned with British public affairs. The family crest rends; The Dragon's Crest & to be feared" Reuter and France.

London, Aug. 10. A doctor today urged Britons to sleep for an hour after lunch

a letter to the Britishresse.

In

Lim alleged in court at the

He declined, however, to say | Medical Journal, Dr M. Curwen opening of the trial that! Watanabe had used judo inwoner Eskin would accept said that, by campaigning for Biesta doctors fight and dislocated her arm. the offer us would be strenu- the continental When her

sister intervened, ous for its players to take part might contribute to an increase the Merdeka tournament in national productivity. — China her husband Tan Theng Pon In and his brother came to the after a series of games of their Mail Special. Japanese womte's rescue. Counsel

In Your Saturday's Mail Coil for the first wife told

In tomorrow's China Mail Rene MacColl takes you to the big film city and reports that "the names that made, a legend are Onding it tough."

British cement is the cheapest in the world and British archicots are among the most adventurous in using it. Enquiring Into one of the biggest businesses in the world:

PETER DICKINSON reports on Britain's latest push bution cement factory.

PETER CHAMBERS interviews the technical director of the British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Com- pany.

Of the last 12 years the Socialists have had six and the Tarles six in power. Gaitskell confesses to the house- wives by TREVOR EVANS.

And our plans serials:

Return to the Islands by SIR ARTHUR GRIMBLE. Lady Sylvia Ashley by RODERICK MANN,

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the court that Watanabe and her husband were ser n practising judo together in the house. He said the Japanese girl also exercised on window bars and in die backyard and could single-handed a marble table.

were

own,

Not Notified

The official said the Hongkong Football Association had not yet notified the Malayan Football Asnelation of tis offer of the Eastern.

"We are doing our best," the Tan Theng Foh, he husband, official said, "But we can't find

told the court us two wives the play."

well at "getung on Arst" after he brought Wn- Lanabo out from Japan, COULDN'T UNDERSTAND

Ho submitted that his two spouses began quarrellby bol earre hey couit not under- stand each other's language. Things got from bad to worst, Tan cadd, and he decided to take his Japanese wife out of ho house to stay with his mother.

Also all your usual cartoons and features pocked into the Herald his Bret wife tried to

China Mail for your weekend reading.

op Watanabe from leaving and the Bigh started-United Press

Not Yet

TUG TO BE REFLOATED

The Kowloon Dacks tug Edith will be refloated within two

or three days, il was learned to- day.

Moscow, Aug. 16. A spokesman of the Central At present, she is lying in Committee of the Soviet Com-stellow wafers, having been munist

Party

today denied hauled there in the salvage that Marshal Nikolai Bulganin, operation.

had been The tug heeled over and sank the Prime Minister, ousled from the Presidium of in 45 foot of water last Mon- the Party China Mall Special day. She was one of a number engaged in towing and edging a steamer to the docks when tho accident occurred.

Cromwell's Head Stays In The Family-

London, Aug. 15,

A country canon' who died re- cently has left the embalmed Hend of Oliver Cromwell, Britain's 17th century dictator, to his son, according to a wili published today.

The head, hacked, from Crom- well's body three years after his death in 1668, was impaled |

on a spike in Londen for 25 ight of way near years,

Toulouse.

A bull challenged the Folz- Toulouse Passenger train's Saverdun, charged and rammed the engine repeatedly, and delayed The family of Canon Horace the train 20 minutes.

The train crew and passen- the lato Wilkinson, bought it in 1812 for £100. gors did not daro step out lo The canon, who has left it to drive the entaged animal away. left only when several Jis pon, used to keep it is an It

owner,

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