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E latest Malayan Com- munist Party offer of terms to end the jungle wir have been rejected by the new independent Govern- ment and it is hardly sur- prising as the conditions are no different from those offered when the country Syna Billin part of the colonial empire.

Two years ago the jungle :

Jender, Chin Peng, pro- mised to lay down Arms when the country gained its independence And *Ince then the Government, 09 part of the Merdeka celebra- tions, offered amnesty for the terrorists, but with the exception of a few the trek: out of the jungle has been all.

. The Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, had had high hopes that the amnesty offer would benr fruit and the indications were in favour of such # supposition. Unfortunately the easy way out is still an empty

and untravessed

+

cxit.

JAWING

TT was presumed in many

quarter.

Communists were hoping to cash in on the then cur- rent fashion of negotiation rather than fighting or as Sir Winston Churchill once pul it-jawing rather than warring." That happy solation has

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UNEASY QUIET IN WARSAW

FRENCH CRISIS:

Pleven is Called In To Form Government

Rene Pleven

MILITIA PATROLS ON

STREETS OF CITY

Warsaw, Oct. 7.

Uneasy quiet returned to Poland's capital today after four successive nights of bloody rioting over the Governmont crackdown against a student newspaper,

Last night, heavily armed Militia troops waded into a group of some 100 stone-throwing Polish "Teddy Boys," arresting 30 of them and send- ing others away much the worse for wear.

No serious casualties were reported.

An estimated 300 militiamen Zolklewski, demands made by Oficial figurte on casualties patrolled in the heart of the city, the students at a muss meeling) In Small groups, avolding contrel on Friday night. with the Communit police troops, shuffled along most of the

battling

de- between monstrators and milita were A not avaliable.

included: The demands reconsideration of the Govern- It was known that revtral nient decision to suspend pub- demonstrators and police wize lention of the student news | hospitalised and one report sold paper Po Prostu, and the re-a millia officer suffered a brain

of students arrester concussion.

demonstration. a

in Eyewitnesses reported offleers Narutowicza Square on Thuvs- indicted serious beatings on a day night, cutside the student number of youths taking part in

rioting. United

| Polin capital's main strecia.

The militaren were well prepared last night. They patrolled crowded sheets carry-case. ing rifles with fixed bayonets. durin

Ai about 2000 Incat time the youths, most of them in their ord late teens, began shouting Burling stones in the vicinity ui Constitution Square, scene of carller disturbances.

Police Swoop

Paris, Oct. 7.

The troopers, swooped down Rene Plovan, former almost immediately. They camo Franch Prime Minister, is in 15 trucks from thele head flying

Paris to

this quarters in Mostowski Street began dang their morning to be offered the end task of forming Franco's reber truncheons almost before hey had jumped down trim the next government,

velfieles,

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The 56-year-old Breton, middle-of-the-road politician, nut been a being brought from Dinard horne out in practice with in the personal aircraft of M. French Pre- the result that there was Rene Coty, the an intensification of the side, who sent for him last fight against the terrorists, night.

The Communist line

always been

when

M. Guy Mollet, Socialist ex-

thortly hna Premier, had

before this declined tho President's you

a govera- violence Invitation to form cannot win by then resort to negatintion ment, after three days of ex- with the hope of evolving plotatory talks. methods

subversion Kuisе

under the

democracy.

of

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Political

observers here thought M. Pleven would prob- ably accept M. Coly's Invitation, although he might want to con- supporters - tho et Socialiste Resistance group-and

President a definite

When the first offer was made Union Democratle

his sull

by the Communists the Je la

former Director of Opera-other political Kroups belore tions, Genoral Sir Geoffrey diving the Bourne, said that the "Com answer, munists realised full

well

that because of weakness in

numbers and spirit they

The Difficulty

a

The youths skirmished for n few minutes, then at least hall of them-a number showing bloodied faces and other signo

warforeron into of street nearby park and escaped.

The troopers, who numbered more than 300, grabbed 30 of the youtbr

hustled roughly and them of in wagons,

Student Itaffers said they had decided to seek rising of a ban on their newspaper, "po Prostu,** through "Segal means rather than continued disorders. Cardinal's Talk

And their

auw school year.

hostel.

The students also asked that Reuter, there should be no restrictions on students taking part in pro- test demonstrations ori Fa Prostu.

as

Press

In

The

Congregation Call For A

Of H.K. University

colourful ceremony at Loke Yew Hall this morning, a total of 142 graduands of the University of Hong- kong were admitted to degrees in their respective faculties

by H.E. the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, the Chancellor of the University.

Chancellor

fold the graduands that they were for- andtunate indeed to have allended

the Unlyersity of Hongkong.

U.N. Plans

For Visit

Of Queen

Yesterday morning the six members of the delegation issued a general appeal to the which Warsaw, pupulation the Ministry was said to have breach of an a regarded

reached with the agreement delegates,

The militin arrested the six, but it was understood that Mr Zotklewski and professors from Warsaw Polytechnical

in order to The most elaborato arrange School Intervened secure their release, and they'

monts evor planned "by United Nations Hoad-, were freed last night.

the

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The Riots

Wyzclusti al the start of a A student. spokesman dis

claimed student responsiblity A student delegation from in the melee. He said that there If M. Pleven accepts, de will

the Varrow Polytechnical were "na students involved" as which School was under arrest for there had been in the "political Cannot gain their objective face the same difficulty

the continuation of defeated M. Mollet-thint of obseveral hours yesterday but w demonstrations" on the

two by terrorist methods and of thining a Parliamentary majoriy freed last night, it was learnrevious nights.

from usually reliable sources.

Other groups, "anti-Com- by persunding partley ranging their

so-called Armed

from Conservatives to Socialists The delegation earlier pre munists" or "hooligans" have

common 24

sented to the Minister of Hirk- apparently been active through- Education, Mr Stefan cut this round of disturbances,

struggle."

GOOD REASON.

to

Tamme.

New York, Oct. 6,

"By graduating you have been a credit to yourselves and to your professors. Now you are going out into the world and 1 look to you to be 'a credit to your amma mater," the Chan- celior déclared.

His Excellency said that this was the last occasion on which he addressed the Congregation, "but although I shall cease to be Chancellor, my connection with the University will not be severed for I am one of those honoured ones who belong to the distinguished company of Honorary Doctors of Lawa,”

The 50th Ceremony

The ceremony this morning was the 60th Congregation of quarters here are' boing' | the University for the contér- made for the visit of ment of degrees: Queen Elizabeth and. The Chancellor said: "Prince"=""Philip'ón1October.

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THE SATELLITE'S 'BEEP' ALTERS

New York, Oct. 6. The Radio Corporation of America reported it brter had today noted a obange in the "Bety, Beep, Beep" signal regularly emlited by the Soviet art!. ficial satellite as it travela round the world.

ROA

transmission ser

eight

vices said that for minates the satellite brond.. cast a

a continuous "Boep" signal and then reverted -to· normal.

The transmission (ser? vices said they * did ̈ not *~kaker Lt there was signi» fieande iti tho altered signal which might be explained by bad listening conditions rain Was falling heavily in New York ai

the time, France-Presse.

TC-

Probe Of Britannia

London, Oct. 6. The British Government will bo asked tomorrow to set up an official enquiry into the troubles which ́hovo boset the four turbo-prop ongined "Whispering Giant" Britannia airliner. A long-range Britannia is at

Florido, with two engines out

present rounded at Miami. of action with damaged com- pressors. Previously there have

been engine leing troubles,

Mr Aubrey Jones, Minister of Supply, will be sent a letter lomorrow by Mr Jame? Matthews, secretary of the trade union side of the National Joint Council for Civil Air Transport, and a member ot the Labour Party executive, demanding a Government probe,

The House of Commons was told a year ago that the Ministry of Supply had spent about £0,500,000 on developing the Britannia, and about £11,500,000 had been spent on the Proteus enging which power it.

No Authority?

Mr Matthews said today. ho had asked the Minister six weeks ago for an enquiry. "Mr Jones did nothing. He said that he had no authority to interfere with the Bristol Aeropiane Company. "I am not satisfcd with that. Hls Ministry, up to the end of 1956: handed over £18 millon for the aircraft.”

Mr Matthewa added: “What I am intersected: in more than anything else is the position of BOAC. They are losing hun- dreds of thousands of pounds

the due to. fect the Britannia is uot a meching which they can operate to the full."

He claims that BOAC have to cannibalize, aircraft to pro- vide spares for the Britar nina because of delay in getting parts from the manufacturers.--- Reuter.

The violence rathrtodon

The post war, history of the Thursday night with a protest

University, if anyone were to write "H, would' not` be" unin»' against a Government ban on the student weekly. "Po Prostu,"

teresting. Our would-be his- They tangled with militia-

are struggling man rushed to the scene on that adapt the Inelastle protocol of torian in his starch for, sources occusion in "Workers' Unity the 82-nation organisation.

of material might well start Square outside the Polytechpla Their main difficulty is

with the Report of the Hong- At any rate, 6,000 students School. Further violence, bruke avoid giving

University Advisory any "special" keng asscanbied out on Friday Parents

and Saturday treatment to Britdin's Royal

Committee which sat in London | 1953. That has become almost last night at the time skirmish-nights in a number of parts of couple that was not given

in 1946, 1ts Chairman was Birour bibic, 1 ig was going on to hear a talk te city.

Christopher Cox and, part of previous Royal visitors or heads

"It might be asked why it by Roman Catholle Cardinal

the time, Mr Sloss, the Vie was that, since in 1950 the Uni- of state, such ne Queen Juliana,

Chancellor, was a member.

versity had

success.ully "That Committee, you may established King Saud and President Eisen-

itself, it WCS hower...

recollect, recommended that the necessary to have another re- Extra sealing will be pro- University should be restored, part three videl in the

years later. The A Narrow Brush 3,000-copocity Our historian would also wlah answer very briefly is that be General Assembly Hall, where to consider the Report of tween 1950 and 1953 we in the the Queen will make a ten- Messrs. Mount Jones

With Death and University were asking our- minute speech.

Walter Adams, who

visited Hongkong In 1950 on behalf of ches, 'Where do we go fran

Tokyo, Oct 0. here?' Ramps and temporary plat-the Inter-University Councily

A crowd of Japanese · week- The Jennings/Logan Report end holidaymnicera forms are being construeled at for Higher Education

tonight In tho gave us a plan of action, a chart narrowly escaped death and vantage points so that hundreds Colonies.

as it wer of how we could. and newsreel

When television The main question they were and perhaps should, proceed; andur

a huge cameramen

still and

pholo

landslido (concerned with

heavy during graphers may follow the Royal Branciat assistance to the Uni- been working out the imple-passenger train, near Kezurami-

Was that of and since that day we love

into crashed party's progress from their

at urrival

the delegates versity, but in their Report they entrance .of the

Assembly inte, inter alia, that "the building to their departure from University is in being and has successfully re-established It- the stellarial skyscraper.

The Queen's speech will be self." televised throughout North America and breadcast to almost every part of the world. running commentary on scene from the minute

pru-

er

re-

M. Pleven has said, and

that only a pented recently,

coalition can hope broad-based

the DUT while few have come to solve country's prob- D out of the jungle during lems.

M. Mollet failed to win Con- the past two years the mere fact that Chin Peng haservative support after saying uffered new terms seems to that if he stood for invertiture as Premier he would ack the indicate that the intensified National Assembly at the same campaign is having the time to vote his government desired effect and that in special powers to handle econo- the

Jung run General mile and social matters, includ- Bourne's contention will be- ing price fixing, by decree.

M. Plever, who has a reputa- come fact.

tion lor

Überaliem, cconomic There is a good reason for

regarding the latest terro was not expected to meet with the same difficulty on the con-

rist offer with grave suspi-servative side. clon. The terrorista are not

This, however, will make it

is

"We Nearly Came To Blows"

MP's Debate With

a foreign enemy. They are all the harder for him to con Mr a political organisation fa vince the Socialists that insurrection against the government will do what they State and any conditions consider necessary to halt they lay down would not fallon and put France's finan tend to solve the problem. werkers do not bear the brunt of

In order while ensuring that the

As has happened in Singa-the necessary sacrifices—Reuter,

pore, the switch from terro

rlem to subversion only re- presents a different but no

less grave challenge to the F.E. Army Chief

forces of law and order.

NEGATIVE

For London

Major

Lond

to take

Russian Pilot At 15,000 Feet

of

be

On Its Feet "That shows that most of the the past war rehabilitation work the had been done and that

A

the

Queen and Prince Philip errive University was on its feet agala. on the United Nations territory A most Important document for will

20 the historian to study would be transmitted in

the Jennings/Logan Report of One New York newspaper alone is understood to bo usalgning 40 photographer to

languages, Moscow, Oct. 6. Cyril Osborne, a British Conservative Member of Parliament today described the visit. Iteuter. a heated argument on the merits of Capitalism and Communism ho had with the captain of a Soviet aircraft flying at 15,000 feet.

HK'S 28TH SQUADRON TO LEAVE?

London, Oct. 7,

On his return to London' today, Mr George Ward, Secretary for Air, Hinted that Hour- kong's fighter squadron (No 28-equipped with Vanomas) may bowlihdrawn 'or rei duced.

said: "There Kro BOELE fighters there at the moment, *but for how long and bow

many there will be there, I cannot say unfll. I havo dis-

“There were some very bitter] "I told the captain he would points we nearly come to pay 03 per cent surtax on hila blows," he said,

income in England instead of 19 "Shortly after the take-uft, zald he was a bigger Capitalist per cent in the Soviet Union-I the captain asked me into the than the British are. Singapore, Oct. 0. cockpli and we sat four of General I. H. O. us, two crew members, myself | "On Suez, while disagreeing. THE present document is Pugh, Chief of Staff of Britain's and an interpreter and for with his agruments, I told him Tregative in that it does Far East

out Forces, and two and a half hours we talked, at least the British camo

when the United Nations con- not indicate how the Com-Colonel of the King Edward's *1 fold him I was n

Con- munists propose to end the Own Gurkhas, flew to Londonservative, a Capitalist, and that sured them but you are still

there in Hungary'. nentor belleve in up

God. I think

The captain he jungle war beyond stating today

was a strong Communist. We replied, you are misinformed. He that it should be stopped appointment in Britain.

Major General Pugh will be had to put our heads together Mr Osborno saldho had and that the emergency

succeeded by Major ahould coase, thus realising w. G. H. Plic, who arrived here the engines.

General to be heard above the roar of asked Soviet authorities for permission to broadcast for ten peace in the country.

"We talked about incomo minutes on Moscow television a few days ago-Reuter.

because he was "horrified at From the Tengku's answer it is clear that the war will go

gary, Supz, Korea - we even

ditions in

and ho. U.K. on to its bitter conclusion

Borlin airlift at USA But he was told it got on to the and the new Government is

one point."

was impossible to change the Mr Osborne, who leaves to be congratulated that it

Moscow tomorrow for London Programme at short notice. wisely decided to reject

London, Op. 7. after a two-week stay in the ition to grant completo freedon He also asked Soviet author, what must be considered

A Telex service is to be in= |Soviet Union, ecntinued: irresponsible forms as the

stitused: today between Landan "He kept saying I was mla Western correspondents in outcome would merely give and Japan, the Post Office an- Informed. I told him his mind

the Soviet Union. the Cominunista official renounced. Calls will cost £a for was rigid like' a closed fist Wo Mr Oshome was invited to cognition and legalise their the first three minutes and 21 came to one very bitter point, vilt the Soviet Union by activities in

the com- for rich, atlikticnal «minute.-- but finished up sa friendly as group of deputies of the

France-PremE.

could be munity.

Supreme Soviet.-Reuter,

Telex Service

F

fax, surtax, death duties, Hun- tho general ignorance of confused Hi⋅ with my colleaguGS.

He added: "I hays, spent three days there. The ́ ́Air Minia. try han soine vety Importati *nigual stations and thero is an airfield quod inainly for com [...`munications."--

og had some, useful (nika with

the Governor there and have comps || fumok, wrijkaart manne -- opisilone * - Ma-vyard did not

*Alaginon fhent.-

New Series

In Today's China Mail

Today the China Mal Introduces a new series of articles which will run fr addition for the next turce days, ending on Thursday. They were written by a young Irish Journalist, 28- "year-old- Desmond· Fennell, who recently visited Shang- Int. Their ship called int for a few days on the way back from Japan,

"Bhanghal Excursion" reads like a latter written by a close friend,

Mr Fennell fa an novem~ plished writer, educated in Dublin and the University of Boun. Since then tre has been, a teacher, · Journalist and radio commentaler o the Continent and Spain.

This is Mr Fennell's first viali, to the Far East. Ito is now in India on his way Babk, fo! Germany.. Re Is ému regular... ventributor "to

¡thh. Krish', Times' and

goonafouni tó Tho Times, 12- 17 #Shanghalini Excursión** will be found on page 8.4

of the

rainstorm

A

mentation

Report and

oulikirts of following up its

recommendin nato City on the on, although we have in eer- Tokyo.

A police spokesman said the tain respects modified then.

WGS train driver

Elicitly in- (Conte, on back page, Cal. 3) jurod.-Reuter.

Mongrel's "Bottle Party"

Swansea, Wales, Oct. 6. stolen milk has now been taken into custody by the Swansea police, A mongrel dog who gave a bottle party for his friends with

They said today that for some time residents of one street were puzzled by a mysterious milic thief who kept taking the battics placed at their doorsteps by the milionan.

They organised a watch with the milkman and saw the sandy- haired mongrel carry off the bottles in his mouth to a nearby road, drop them and when they were smashed, drink the milk.

On one occasion a number of other dogs joined the party. China Mall Special

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