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GUNS PREVAIL

THE Jibe that the now exiled Polica Chief,

Blamaso

General Phao Brlyanond was handicapped ■' politician because ha never had auch heavy gune as Marshal Baril's Army, Is a jibe no longer. Marshal Barit's guns - and i tanke-have provalled and thei ruling triumvirate of Phade Barit and Promlor Marshal Pibul Bonggram, has way to the virtually absoluto authority of plump Thai Army Supremo, Marshal Bariti

given

What has happened in fact le that Barit han stopped the Thai Police Chief from aggre. gating more power at the expense of a Prime Minister whose Influenca has been dwindling rapidly. His de. cline gained momentum after the February elections wideapraad

when

demonstrations erupted following 期 mot extraordinary swing in resulta which unduintad first in favour of the Government, then sharply away and than equally sharply again.

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MALAYA ADMITTED TO UN

Sir Leslie Munro Elected HK Made $6m Hongkong Refugee 14 CHILDREN

New President

Of General Assembly

New York; Sept. 17.

From Merdeka

Trade

Fair

Kuala Lumpur,

Sept. 17.

Trade worth about HK$6 million had re- Bulted from Hongkong's exhibits in the Merdeka International Trade

Fair, according to com. mercial sources here to-

The United Nations today opened its 12th General Assembly by electing Sir Leslie Munro of New Zealand as its new President and Malaya as its 82nd member.. The 56-year-old New Zealander, formerly a lawyer and day.

journalist, will preside over the three-month session which has already been dubbed the "Disarmament As- sembly" as the question is expected to be its number one issue.

Sir Leslie, elected by a vote of 77 votes to one,, with three abstentions, after the withdrawal of the only other candidate, Dr Charles Malik of the Lebanon, im- mediately stressed the importance of the disarmament issue in his first speech from the President's rostrum.

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He cald their response re- them Rected great credit and redounded "to their honour and good name." Their action was "warmly appreciated by the world at large." he added.

"Time is not on our side," bel said. "It is not necessary for me to stress the urgency of the problem nor to dwell on its for- midable difficulties.

"Surely we must all share the conviction that the need to reach a sound and in less time and at less expense workable agreement, however than expected," Prince Won limited it may be in its initial said, "and the United Nations stages, becomes more

pressing is to be congratulated on this with

the fine performance, Increase in

DUBLIC perplexity gave way to ausploton and there were widespread rumours that ballot papers were falsified by the Government in.an effort to retain a substantial majority enormously destructive power of the elective Koais. Rlots of modern weapons."

every

broke out. Disastlefied studenta į Controversial

marched on the Promler and laid before him their demanda. It was Marshal Barit, mada A

who

Other controversial problems prompt appearance such as the Middle East, Al- and handled carefully and gerin, Hungary and Cyprus will. judiciously a most inflamme be discussed at the new ression bla altuation. He became as when today's formalities * result something of a popu- completed. Jar hero.

Mr Selwyn Lloyd of Britain, Mr John Foster Dulles of the States, Mr Andrei

It is mecatuary at this juncture United

to point out that this was no Gromyke of the Soviet Union extraordinary manifestation of god about political consciousness by ministers were pro in the 40 other foreign hitherto politically public. Between 1946

hure auditorium.

Prince Wan Walthayakon of

thrae wan,

coupe and Political

apathetic af

1981

1

"The Suez Canal was cleared

"It is also a genetal source of satisfaction that the Govern ment of Egypt has accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in legal disputes arising between the parties to the Constantinople Convention of 1883 in respect of the interpretation or application of its provisions.

Democratic

Referring to the Hungarian The other tragic question. situation" of the 11th persion, Prince Wan rald bompliance with the Assembly's resolutions

Atarahal Songgram's accession Thailand President of the 11th had "yet to come." to the Premiership

who opened the there have been no less than Assembly,

He recalled that the Assembly meeting, paid tribute to Britain. two sivil France and Israel for com- had appointed himsele as its organisation has admittedly boon slow to plying with United Nations speciel representative "to nego

got out oftiate for the achievement of materialise but then the axis resolutions to

of the Egypl-one

"tragic the objectives of those resolu- situations" which dominated tions. the lost session..

tence of political parties wat only legalised two years ago and it le not proposed 10 abolish nominated membership In the Assembly (exactly halfy until 1902, by which time it was thought the noun. try would be better able to enjoy the fruitu of "fuller democracy."

DECISIVE TURN

WHEN the pailtioni partles

were legalised, all pro government Alemblymen

ward

automatically co-opted into the Manangkaslia Party. Marshal Pibul Sanggram changed his title to Premlar and, as a reward for accepting curtailment his authority, the Police Chief General PHÁO became Borotary-General of the Party. At this stago it was apparent that whatever "general aleations” were to be held before 1982 none could unseat the author of a polley which 'almed at keeping Pibu! Bonggram Premier until 1942. However, events took a declaive turn after the Fobruary elect tions. The Premier displeased the King by arresting the editor. of a royalist Newspaper and in the meantime the Army became more and more restive about the politically ambitious Phao whose winge Sanggram. was apparently reluctant to ollp. The pratext for action by the Army cama

whan the Premier demanded that Cabinet ministers give "commerclai'posts” or resign.

NO CHANGES

บ

THREE Army' loaders in the Cabinet Including Marshal 'Barit, then Defence Minlater, resigned. They were followed by 01,Army men occupying nominated Asambly punta. “Thla" gavo "the Opposition za

majority,

set in Bonggram

slow process of demotion for Phao which was

mation

completed abruptly and un.

ceremoniously by Monday night's coup.

118 More

Triad

Suspects Arrested

"Indeed, the freedom of the Hungarian people as a problem of humanity 19 a cause which all members of the United No- Elons should have at heart," he declared, "and it should be possible to harmonise the actions of nations to this end,”

and he said it was his "carnest

"

The sume sources said that Hongkong was the leader of the 12 nations which 100k part in the fair.

Total trade nego. liated was estimated at Tabout HK$20 million.--

Reuter.

Russian Jet Plane

Too Noisy For London Airport

London, Sept. 17.

The British Government today asked Russia to keep its TU-104 jet air- liners away from London Airport during the night because they make so much noise.

TU-104 BREAKS TILES

The TU-10 which carried and cracked selling and walls Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei in houses around the airport, Gromyko to New York was The main complaint against Prince Wan recalled that the headed across the Atlantic for the Russian Jet compared with 11th Assembly had called for a London when the Ministry of the only other jet airliner sec "peaceful, just and democratie Civil Aviation made its action at London Airport- the British solution" for Algeria and Cyprus known.

Comet is that it does not gain eliitude De quickly,

"Consequently the noise of is with us much engines

one official snid Until Britain made is request to Russian authorities, the Soviet airliner was due to reach Londen tonight for an hour's

hope that further Progress" The Jet airliner will have to would be made towards this end stop over at Keflavik, Iceland at the new session.

Russia already had been re- Prior to Malaya's admission fused permission to land jete at Mr Lloyd said, some people Idlewild International Airpart hnd congratulated Malaya upon in New York because of the having won her fight for inde-noise. Instead the jets were

against us, the British," he de Base, New Jersey.. clared.

A further 118 suspect-podence. "That ght was not diverted to McGuire Air Force

ed members of triad societies have been detained by the Criminal Investiga- tion Department of the

Hongkong Police in the past 48 hours.

in

Raids on Hongkong Island resulted in the arrest of 58 per- sons whilst 60 per- sons were taken into custody Kowloon. Those charged with being members of illegal societies, will appear at the Cen- tral Magistracy to- morrow and at the Kowloon Magis- tracy today and to-

morrow.

Civilian Dofence

Tunis, Sept. 17.

The Grand Mufti of Tunisla

No mejor changes in foreign today announced the setting up

Fourth Occasion

"We have 13 a matice of deliberate polley sought to guide the peoples of the British Em- pire to self-deperience and in- ucpendence.

"We have not always agreed with them upon timing or precise method, but it has been and is our declared and de- liberate course of policy, not forced upon us, but voluntarily undertaken and we are proud of It."*

This was the fourth occasion sinto the UN was created in 1040 that Britain had had the honour of proposing a newly- independent member of the Commonwealth for UN mem-

bership and it was her inten tion that there'should be other such memorable occasions In the future.

Ho extended Britain's "heart- felt good wishes to Malaya,

Mr Casey said there had been over generallens a "very close relationship between Muinya

and Australia."

He had just come from re- presenting Australia at Malaya's independence celebrations, Mr Cascy recalled,

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More To Come

Ho had been "one of many·

policy are expected from Major of a committee for the defence proud witnesses of the achieve darit,',' Internalty it is thought fot · Algerian civilians. think-ha-la interested in the rise The Grond Mufti informed ment of nationhood of a people of the Unionist Party which is the press that tho. committes we in Australia ko. to believe right-wing, generally pro was non-political and was con- we have contributed something Western anti corruption and cerned solely with the safe to developing over recent highly ofiles of the former guarding of human dignity. He years."

the Committee would Mr City referred to the Premier., Barit has denied the said Intaraat but as one observer shortly make on appeal to the morgendo, in-nationhood of sald' recently: it remains to be League for Human Rights and other Commonwealth membera soon whether ho changes his to the civilised world—France mind.

Presse

and he said there were “a mum- ber still to come.”—Heuler,

...

The Ministry revealed that it got complaints from residents that the TU-104's takeoff from London on Its outward Journey, last week caused tiles to fail

Aswan High Dam

JAPANESE INTERESTED

Cairo, Sept. 17, The Aswan High Dam Board today decided to accept the Japanese invita- tion to send three repre- sentatives to Japan to diz- cass the possibility of Japanese co-operation with its schem The Egyptian delegation will be led by the Board's Secretary Colonel Samir Helmy.

The date of the Exp Lian delegation's depar ture for Japan has not yet been fixed.

The invitation was ex- fended by the Japan Elec- tric Power Resources Com- Japan's pany.

roving ambassador Mr. Takeo Ito, į who last work annarinood thai Japan may be fater- ested And participate in the High Dawr project, la schodufed to moet Irosis deat Nasser after his xv- turn to Chiro on Septemb, ber 12 Mr 'It's is presently In Damascus dinekinlar trade' wila Byrisa oficială. Egyptian-Budantso, falks regarding · the High Dan are schedulog-ming, lo lako place to Goteber. Beuler.

the

longer

refueling before' continuing. its flight to Moscow.

Instead, it broke its journey in Iceland, and was expected to make a 12-hour slop there before flying on to London daylight.--United Press.

Nepali Leaders Arrested

Three Nepal's parties

In

Katmandu, Sept. 17. -

presidents of oldest

political all former minis- ! ters were arrested on Monday in the south- eastern town of Janakpur, the Nepali Congress-Central Office said here tonight.

They are B.P. Koirala of the Nepali Congress,

Bhadrakala Misra, of the Praja Parishad, and D.R. Regml; of the Nepali National Congresa, teta

`` is a communique, the Central Office said the arrests were sudden and "no" remions were riven.

The three fenders were, on

Problem

To Be

KILLED

Discussed BY SHELL

(From Our Own Correspondent)

London, Sept. 17.

The United Nations General Assembly will discuss specifically for the first time

Jerusalem, Israel,

Sept. 17.

| A shell from the 1948 Arab- Israeli war exploded in a

Acld

today, küling: 14 school children.

The accident occurred when

next month the Chinese refugee prob. 2 large group of Arab children, lem in Hongkong.

to London

ranging in age from 9 to 13, were crossing a fold toward their village of Sandalo лепт

the Jordanian border.

When they found the shell,

an older boy in the group

The Assembly, which was He will return formally, given the responsibility next Saturday for further taika to deal with the problem last on refugee problem, year, will have before it the Dr Lindt, a former Swian warned them to keep away from report of Dr Auguste Lindt, observer in UNO, succeeds Dr It. UNO High Commissioner for J. G. van Heuven Goedhart, But several girls began play- Refugeca

who was UNO High Commis-, ing with it and throwing rocks Alled with the Chinese loner for Refugees from 1951 at it. problem will be question of the

-hen

When one of the refugee) agency

the stones hit sudtien flood of European opened-until his denth In the shell, it

exploded, killing refugees into Hongkong the spring of last year-London | 14 of the children immediately 1,400 Russians or chlidren of Express Service.

and injuring three others, Russians who made their way

FRENCH TYPE

to China, after the 1917 Bolshevik revolution.

It. Is itnown that 7,500 Euro Yemeni Troops

peans in China hold exit visor. Dr Lindt estimates that 3,000

of these will cross the border this year.

First Report

Dr Lindt's 7,000-word report bis rat-wilt go before the Third Committee of the General Assembly. This Committee deain with social and humani tarian questions.

Another subject of the report will be that of Hungarian e-

fugees.

Dr. Lindt approached the Bri- aid towards plating Hongkong's European refugees,

tish Government on Monday for

taken on

Enter Aden

Protectorate

Aden, Sept. 17. Yemeni Army forces

ponstrated 300 yards into the Subeihi country in the Western Aden Protectorate today, British Protectorate authorities charged, ⠀

Na moves were taken to stem.

|

Shrapnel showed the shell was of an 81 millimetro French typo used by Arab armica during the Palestino wor 1948. Apparently, the shell hadi been lying in the field since,

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ever

First to arrive on the scene following the explosion was the children's school teacher. Sho took the children to a nearby hospital and riotified police of the accident.

the

Police Investigating accident sald a farmer hnd Arst discovered the shell several days ago, but had falled to report it.

They said Ley were looking for him to question vim about it. -United Press,

Stanford, Conn., Sept. 17. 'Thieves who robbed, a house under

construction :' wären't satisfied with taking everything

It is understood in no decl-the penetration and the Aden

Government sold it Hoped to EVEN THE SINKI ston has yet been contribution.

patch

the border trouble up Ho arrived in London last pencefully without calling Bri-|: Saturday and flew back to fish forces into action.

Abdali of Lehes, who Sultan Geneva on Tuesday ofler talk-; Ing with Mr David Ormsby is the leader in the Subethi but the kitchen sink. Gore, Minister of the State for area, is on holiday in Europe. Foreign Affairs.

United Press.

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