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KASHMIR DISPUTE "NDIA'S rejection of the United Nations resolution

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that Dr Frank Graham make a fresh attempt negoliate settlement of the Kashmir dispute on the grounds that it is totally unacceptable is hardly like- ly to endear the country lo the other nations in Asin. In fact, the Philippines repre- sentative in the Security Council, General Carlos Romulu, spanking na "one SIR Asian to another Aslan," has publicly deplored the Indian attitude and in this he has been backed up by } the Iraqi representative,

Mr Hashim Jawad, When the debate opened Mr Krishna Menon, the indian Defence Minister, launched

tirade of abuse which did; nothing to contribute toward reaching a settle- ment.

It had the opposite effect, not only on those members who

can afford to stand on the sidelines but 180 011 the

nations India has been try- ing to Influence through heri neutralist atitude in world) Affairs.

SICK MAN

R Menon is a sick man M and his health may have

caused him to allow his tongue to run

away and

shout vitriolic Insults at other members of the Council.

Mr Nehru might be well

advised to recall Mr Menon

EDWIN

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Anglo-US Atomic Chiefs

Washington, Nov. 21,

Sir Edwin Plowden, Chief of Britain's Atomic Energy Authority, arrived here today for talks on means of developing an exchange of scientific and atomic information between the United States and Britain.

Sir Edwin said that he was in the United States Capital for a brief visit to continue the talks which he held with American atomic chiefs during the conference between Presi- dent Eisenhower and Mr Harold Macmillan, Britain's Prime Minister, last month. The President and the Prime Minister agreed, in the light of the Soviet Union's scientific

RUSSIA

Kashmir Dispute May Go To UN

General Assembly

United Nations, Nov. 21.

The Soviet Union declared today it would, veto the Western resolution to ask Dr Frank Graham, United Nations representative for India and Pakistan, to seek a negotiated settlement of the Kashmir dispute.

for his health's sake and for US To Make

the

sake of India's good name in world affairs before the Defence Minister alienates the sympathy of the other nations who have looked upon India as the leader in Asia..

India is quite adamant in her attitude towards Kashmir and she does not appear to be making an effort to resolve the problem through the good offices of the United Nations, the ganisation formed to ad- judiente in international disputes.

REGRETTABLE

or-

Space Platforms

Washington, Nov. 21. The United States is con- ducting research pro- grammes to launch space platforms of considerable' size, it was announced to- day.

Soviet Ambassador, Arkady A. Sobolev, told the Security Council that the resolution, opposed by India, was favour- able only to Pakistan and coul@ not promote a peaceful solution of the Kashmir question.

The 83rd

"The Soviet delegation; does not support the draft resolution said, announcing whint will be and will vote against it," he

the Soviet Union's 83rd velo,

TO

More Co-operation

and military achievements, to study the question of greater co-operation.

One of the chief objectives of the North Atlantic Treaty "Summit" meeting in Paris next month is to plan for greater scientific and political co-operation within the Atlantic Alliance.

Sir Edwin conferred with Mr Lewis Strauss, Chairman of the US Atomic Energy Com- his arrival in mission, shortly after

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Washington. He said he would continue his talks at a dinner with Mr Strauss to- night

Sir Edwin was the first of a group of British Defence and Atomic Chiefs arriving here 'this week to continue the exchanges which the President and Mr Macmillan opened at the White House.

Sir Richard Powell, Permanent Secretary of the British Defence Ministry, was another high official expected here during the weekend. Sir Edwin, who declined to go beyond his brief statement, expects to leave for London on Monday, Reuter.

USE VETO AGAIN

Communist Algerian Mediation Offer US TEXTILE

Smuggling Ring In Hongkong

Our Own Correspondent

Singapore, Nov. 21. Special Branch officers in

Singapore said on Thurs- day that a Red ring based in Hongkong was smug- gling Communist agents from China into Singa- pore and Mataya.

they

On Thursday morning caught seven Chinese stow- aways after a surprise check of the British freighter Dorinthia,

All the men lived in Malaya. They had gone to Fukien, pro- vinde in China five years ago. They crossed the border 'Into ilangkong and were smuggled During the voyage, they posed by agents aboard the Dorinthia.

da crew members

AMPLE SUPPLY

They all had ample supply of Malayan currency and when) questioned, each gave Elock tes ply, "We found life difficult in) and wanted to re-i Red Chinn turn to Malaya." One of them

held even

Malayan Identity card.

Meanwhile, usually rellable sources olors to the Pakistan delegation said that Foreign Minister Noon had the inten- tion of bringing the matter to the General Assembly. Leutenant General C. S

The Soviet position was ex- Irvine, the Air Force Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Material, sald pressed by Arkady Sobolev who

the US na told

11-nation Security in a speech that the had active research programmes Council the situation had been

the milltary This is second time in the

Red that

Chinese month stowaways tried to enter Slaga- pore posing

crew, Two weeks ago, four men were found on a Dutch ship when it docked at Singapore,

IT is also regrettable lint under way to develop munned "argravate the

the

previous

United ballistic vehicles. Nations representative, Mr

was

General Irvine said the space Gunnar Jarring, who In-vehicle

not programme vestigated the position in pushed in the past because the Pakistan and India earlier Air Force felt its primary task was unable to was the defence of the United States against

this year,

make any concrete proposals

for solving the problem.

At the time Mr Jareing said he could not fail to take note of the concern ex-

swift retaliation,

air attack and

PROGRESSION

He said the new programmes pressed in connection with would "take their place in the

changing the

political, economic

and

strategic factors surrounding the whole of the Kashmir question. While the situation has not

Jogical progression of alr-spuce weapons systems."

The Generul said he was convinced that one of the three services could develop ani launch a space vehicle of co- siderable size and added that

ald given by the United States to Pakistan, which he said has been "turned into a military bulwark."

Opposition

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The men will be detained for close qucationing. There is no decision yet as to what will be done to these men.

HK SPOKESMAN

Earlier, Krishna Menon of India had again expressed his nation's opposition to the Five- Power proposal in an hour-long speech in which he once more accused Pakistan of "aggression". He said the resolution

An earlier report suld that the presented to the Council does Singapore Police would pass on not "cover the campaign that the information obtained from roes on in Pakistan for the the stowaways to the long- invasion and destruction of kong Police to help erork down

the ring here.

India"

By Bourguiba

MERCHANTS

And King Of Morocco BLAME HK

Rabat, Nov. 21.

King Mohammed V of Morocco and Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba offered tonight to mediate between the French and the Algerian Nationalists and help end the three-year-old Algerian rebellion,

Mystery Solved!

• Luton, Nov. 21. Work on a million 'pound bullding hore all but stopped bookuso of a nude model named Adele.

For days the work law. down was a mystery to the foramen on a new buliding boalde, the Luton School of Art.

It was odd that the men always seemed to be on one side of the building. Bo the foremen played detective and found that the now bullding had reached a height which gave a perfect view of the Wife elan of art school.

The star attraction was the model who at first was Unaware that she was the sole Interest of the "work. ing class" * well as the "Ilfe cinua."

Adela and the foremen come to the damo con clusion about the Game time.

Heavy sheeting new shrouds the art school win- dows-China Mall, Speclai,

deteriorated, rapidly since certain US rockets and propul- tions that filtary forces had man said this morning that, "W EXPLOSION

Mr Jarring's investigation the fact is that nothing has been done to help matters and a festering acre remains to be healed.

He denied Pakistani conten- A Hongkong Police spokes- looking inlo this report. slon systems have the capability been reduced in Pakistani-held are

Whatever information the place a satellite In the Kashmir, to Earth's orbit.

Mr Menon told the Security Singapore Police could give us General Irvine added he was Council that while there was will be of great help, of course,"

fewer battalions. "absolutely certain" that in the admittedly next major conflict control of their fighting strength had not It therefore behoves not only space would determine Bnal been reduced.

Indin, but the other mem-victory-Reuter, bers of the United Nations,

to find an answer which TOO FAT

will be readily acceptable to

both sides or at least agres

Hexham. Nov. 21.

on a basis for negotiation The Hexham Rural Council and not allow the subject today ordered 50 new chairs

to become a perennial item for Its members because i1s

On

of the agenda United Nations.

the members

fat are getting 100 for the old ones. United Press.

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No Withdrawal

"Today, if the bottalions are fower, it does not mean there. has been any de-augmentation or any withdrawal, or anything of that kind," Mr Menon sald in Bhu resumed Kashmir debale.

India had no right to ques tfon the actions of sovereign governments, right or wrong,

or

STUDENTS REFUSE

TO TALK

Washington, Nov. 21. Two American students who have returned from a visit to China have refused to testify

US before

House of

CAUSED BY SABOTAGE

Nicosia, Nov. 21. Police said tonight that an explosion aboard 6,000- ton British Freighter, African Prince, In Cypriot port today was coused by sabotage.

The mediation offer came at the end of a two-day conference between King Mohammed and Bourguiba.

It

represented D complete reversal of Moroccan policy and a victory for Bourguiba's ideas. LONG RESISTED

Moracco has long resisted Bourguiba's pleas that it join with Tunisia in offering media- tion to the French and the chief robet organisation, the FLN

(National Liberation Front).

joint · communique

A

clared:

of France,

'Life Peers' Bill Introduced

London, Nov. 21,

A bill to create "life peeza”- women, as well as men to slt and vote in the House of Lords was introduced In Britain's de-second chamber today."'"

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been

is a

It was given a formal Arst "In the face of the conflict reading. There was no debate. that oppases their Algerian | This will come late, after the full brothers, to whom so many ties text of the bill has unito them, and their friends published. the people

The Government plan Majesty the King of Morocco step in the reform of the all- and His Excellency the Prest-male House of Lords, whose dent of the Tunisian Republic members for conduries have con- address a pressing appeal to the sisted mainly of men who sit by two parties to

engage in right of their bereditary titles as negotiations that might end in United Kingdom peers-Heuter. a just solution'

GOOD OFFICES

The communique concluded: "To this effect, the two Chiefs

of State offer to put their good offices

at tho disposition OL France and of the leaders of the FLN. "They

are persuaded that thus an end will be put to the effusion of blood and to that combat which menaces the security and stability of North Africa and peace in that part of the world”-United Press.

Dominion Status Considered

New York, Nov. 21. Archbishop Makarios sald today he thought, the Cypriot people would be willing to con- sider a Dominion status in the Commonwealth but insisted that first of all they "must be able to decide what they want The announcement came to do." he said. If they were wrong Representatives UN-American

hours after a gaping Asked in an interview whe actions either they took the Activities Committee, Francis within consequences they "got Walter, Democrat Representa-bolo was torn below the water ther he thought that a Dominion Away with it."

tive (Pennsylvania) rald here line of the vessel while it status would satisfy the Cypriot loaded copper ore at the Port people in their demands for Ho suld that India regretted today.

Karavostami in western self-determination the Archi- at the same time "all this war The studenta, Morris Block of

ulshop sald even Cyprus. Was and Harry Bloksberg, apparatus in our area".

"I think that would be all An investigation for possible right, for the people in the Bri there any evidence that India refused to give their nges, Mr had violated the territory 1 Waller said,

sabotage was begun even as a tish Commonwealth are free to Pakistan? Mr Menon asked.

this question Royal Naval repair Block replied

vessel, to effect go in and out as they wladi. India had refrained from plac- that he was ever 21. All we boarded the

But first the, Cypriots must be able to decide for themselves Moon Business CHRISTOPHER DOBSON from New ing before the Council a num- have been able to find out from temporary repairs.

There were no casualties what they want." ber of instances where Pakistan them Is that they have been

the York and CHAPMAN PINCHER from London;

had tried

explosion BO to "probe our travelling abroad, Mr Walter from

added--Franco-Presse,

known-United Press.

In Your Saturday Mail

In another feature packed Saturday Mail tomorrow:

HK Aṛtr Festival winning Once Upon a Moontime short story by GEORGE RAMAGE;

Life is not so changed along the Isis-ROBERT REID; frontiers."--All Agencies,

Tenth anniversary for the Queen - BAXTER MP;

Zanies of the Ring - GILBERT ODD;

Disc - FREDERICK ELLIS;

BEVERLEY.

Sweet little English Belinda Lee goes native —poss - goes Italian in the mu RODERICK MANN, ultra

And, also Anthony Fuller, on films, China Mail racing tips,: Giles, Low, Cummings, and all your favourites in the weekend's favourite newspaper.

GIRARD'S CASE STILL NOT CLOSED

Tokyo, Nov. 26. Japanese procurators from Sho Maedashi District Court were. today silii discussing whether or not to appeal · In this 'esso! of Japan versus United Blates "Army". SpectaBai Third · Class]: Willem B. Girard. The young American soldier was recently found guilty

party

for

The Cypriot Church leader also said he was in favour of 'a UN supervised plebiscite on the Island to, determine whather the people wanted to be independ Ent, wanted Union with Grosen, or wanted to become members of the Commonwealth-Reuter,

and sentenced to three years A series of discussions between METEOR FALLS

Imprisonment with a four- year suspension of sentence on charges of causing bodily injuries resulting in the disti of Japanese woman Kotap molat scavenger last Jummary. | Pablic' opinion and the Japaudes press vonaldered the wordless

"Too Idient.”·

the Maedashi District Fro- zarators Office and the Tokyo Iligbor

Onco Procurators bogan here-zosterday.

Stockholm, Nov. 21.

A meleer weighing 2.2 kilo- grams fell in a garden in Stroomsund, Central Sweden Theż: - discussions [continued last night, it was learned today.

Latest

Now York, Nov. 21.

An American cotton textile trade spokesman today cited Japanese and Hong- kong imports as contribut- Ing in part to the current

US textile lump.

W. Kay Bell, President of the Association of Cotton Taxila Merchants of New York, said in his annual report that prices were at their lowest in years, Production wo far this year is off about seven per cent, with the drop in the final quarter expected-to-be even greater, be zakl

DISCRIMINATES

He urged the US to abandon lis polley of selling Ameticati cation abroad at a discount of 20 to 25 per cent the price to American cotton mills. This

said, Thia polter,

be

go

dia-

criniinated against American textile operations and at the De time has added to already

kandicaps oxlsing imposed on American pro ducers by statutory waze coste and high taxes to maintain the American standards of living."—United Press,

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