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COMMENT OF

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FEDERATION OF

CHINA

No. 36918

Established 1845:

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1957.

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`RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FAMOUS KONSUNT IN ACTION TROBEN RA

Whiteaways

HANGKUNG Ei KONEON

INDONESIA CONTINUES BOYCOTT AMERICAN

H.K. INDUSTRIES Will Not Stop Halfway

la

Ito receive prajac for its

products, even though some of them are of excellent quality compared with those of other countries. It must have been with some sutia- faction that Colony indus- triallata were paid a compli ment by Britain's leading magazino which circulates among store buyers, mani- facturers and wholesaJOTS,

In youterday's China Mail we reported that the magazine Fashions and Fabrica stated that Ilongkong products were not always shoddy and they sometimes rival British goods on quality and price. But

the magazine went further, "Let us accept that Hongkong merchandise is here to lay and that it la more than worth looking at," it says. "If we (Britu сал out-do our colonial frienda on style and price let un

fair give them n fight.'

Such

And

statement, coming 4 from RA eminent authoritative journal, is encouraging as it shows that not all British manu- Aga.Bat

facturers

colonial prouuets because they are cheaper and at times better than the home product,

Warning F

+

NASUALS

and

Fabrics

has lasted a warning to

its own manufacturera and

buyera, that they must look to their

To Recover' West

Irian Says Minister

Djakarta, Dec. 5.

Information Minister, Sudibjo said tonight that Indonesia would not stop halfway to "recover the Dutch-occupied territory of Wost Irian under Indonesian sovereignty”. Sudibjo addressed the Indonesian nation in a radio speech following a series of steps taken in line with the Indonesian drive "for the liberation of West Irian".

PLIGHT OF DUTCH NATIONALS

AND INVESTMENTS

Djakarta, Dec. 5.

Indonesia's 50.000 Dutch citizens tonight were pondering over their future after official announcements that jobless Dutchmen and those whose work...could be

onesians must quit the country.

According to operat

The Indonesian Government

TRAIN TRAGEDY TOLL UP TO 92

London, Dec. 5. British Railways announced

tonight that the casualty toll in yesterday's London suburban train crash now stood at 92 dead and 107 seriously injured. The total number of injured

LIVERPOOL BY-ELECTION

SATELLITE

MAY BE

TORY RETURNED FIRED TODAY

BUT MAJORITY SLASHED

AGAIN

Liverpool, Dec. 5. The Conservative Party retained a Parliamentary

seat with a vastly reduced majority in a poll declared here late tonight.-

The Conservative candidate

Division

of

was earlier reported to be EUROPEAN Liverpool had n mrjority of

193.

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A spokesman for the British today ordered all unemployed Railway authorities Kad Dutch lo leave the country, would probably only be pesti- decreed the closing of all ble to establish an exact list Netherlands consulates in In- of the dead after studying Д donesia and said that Dutch-list of arissing persons. owned businesses taken over by It was difficult to establish Indonesian workers in the past such a list as hundreds of sub- few days will be placed under urban dwellers could in any Government management,

Aspirations

Sudibjo told the Indonesian Indonesia uple tonight' that would not go one step back".

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case not get home last night |because so many train servlets had been halted owing to the accident.

said: "We will continue Investigation

To Open

male Dapartment: elf of the 50,000 Dulrhmen Kosasih of "Plent" the biggest

No Formal

own laurela and Talks With

not rely on direct Govern-

ment interference In the

way of legislative action to place curbs on Hongkong importa into the United Kingdom.

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Indonesia

Washington, Dec. 5.

State Department "said "today spokesman that the United States was not holding any formal discussions with Indonesla the con Bequences of the island republic's action against Dutch Interests and in- dividuals,

But while. Hongkong might The

bask in the magazine's praise for moment it should be remembered that there

other are

forces, mainly Lancashire, opera- ting against the Colony's exports and a change of government- could easily have a bad or even danger- ous effect on local industry. There is, however, another

But the

оп

Dre

of

living in this trople republic

Euroslors - potans mixed European Indone descent who hold Dutch pass- ports.

Thus many Dutchmen who may have to leave are persons born in Indonesia who have nover seen Holland.

FACED RUIN

aspirations have been achieved."

Meanine, Director Achmad national slipping Indonesian company, sald that "Pleni” must be able to take the place of the KPM shipping company, which was placed under Indonesia Government control today.

Kosasih said the nationalts- ton of KPM would have been a "must" even if the Nether- lands had ended West Irlan to Indonesia. He said the take- over of KPM was necessary "ff we firmly believe Iddionoría 1s an independent archipelago."

No Service

a

Londen, Dec. 5. .The Brilleh Transport Minister announced in the House of Commens today that an omnial investigation

im- would be opened mediately into the causes of last nishi's railway catastrophe, — France-- Presse,

|CONTINENT

for the Garston

4,304 in 0ght against Labour and Liberal opponents.

At the 1955 General Election, the Conservative majority wis

BLANKETED 1,000 in a straight night against

BY FOG

London, Dec. 5. Soa, read and rail traffic was

Labour opponent. The result was:

Richard Hingham servative) 15,521.

(Con-

Ian Levin (Labour) 11,217. Arthur Dennia (Liberal)

4,807,

the trend

hold up throughout the The Conservative majority day by a dense fog which had been slashed by 7,605 has now blankoted South-voles and followed ern England for two days, overal recent by-elections, London Airport and smaller airfelds were closed to incoming

some

aleliners

planes, buil managed to take-off through Кара

MADE INROADS

The

of the Liberal

the

Conservative

Intervention "middle-of-the-road" in the tog around th middle of the day and early Party had once again made in-

rood into afternoon,

Queues of ships halled in the mujority. River Thames and about 100 vessels waited vainly in London docks for the weather to clear. At Southampton, also, shipping was at a stundafill,

AIR TRAFFIC

Tonight's result mode the state of parties in the 630-scat House of Commons: Conserva- tives and allies, 388: Labour 279: Liberals five and Indepen- dents ten.

'The Garston campaign had been hard fought et home front lastes, dominated by the rising cost of living.

the Continent, for blanketed almost all France, Difficulties of dised aging spart from Atlantic coast areas, casualties. aro such that 25 bringing air traffic at the main hcura ofter the aceldent Paris airports to a halt. occurred, rescue workers can- Thick fog covered farge parts There are 3,445 voters in not be sure they have removed of the northern Italy. Scattered Garston, of whom 49.72 per from cent went to the polis today, all the injured and dead from fog was also reported the

Germany and wreckage.

Belgium, where compared with 71 per cent át Nurses and doctors were still shipping in the Scheldt was the 1955 General Election.

The Conservative share of today's vote was 49.20 per cent against 83.81 per cent at the General Election.

knowledge were suddenly service in shops, went into crawling through, the mass of almost nt. a standstill-Reuter. thrown out of the country,

It is not definitely clear late tonight how many Dutchmen

Lo leave but ob-. would have servers sald some key industries of the management such as,

In Surabaya, East Java, the rubber estaics faced ruin If second

of phase

boycott Dutch experts with a lifetims | against the Dutch, denying them

rfect today.

steel

shaltered and twisted The Luien in Bandung were stonework as dawn broke this binned from the "Bogeryen"

In the murky light, restaurant.

their traditional morning.

nurses worked feverishly tear- downtown meeting place, which ing sheets rushed to the spot by IDW carrics

sign readus local housewives to bandige the "Dutch not allowed"

injured. Throughout the archipelago, were deprived of the Dutch

Dutch language newspapers.—- France-Presse.

More and more Dutchmen Icaving Indonesia-the total will be 40,000 shortly with the departure of two more ships for Holland

Many of these are Eurasians understood here

spokesman, Mr nspect that requires urgent | Lincoln White, sold at a press and serious consideration. briefing that informal talks may His Excellency the Governor, have been held in Washington, and it is prior to opening the Mr White had been asked to Holland received 200,000 of Firteenth

Exhibition of comment on a published report them in the last seven years. Hongkong Products on that the State

in Indonesia Wednesday, inferred that had suggested to the Intarsiennicting estima es of Dutch there were too many organi- Government that action against continually being quoted, but

hurt observers might

seld sations

the kellest concerned

with Dutch

Indonesia

much the figure seemed to be US$1.3 producing and marketing

Netherlands,

billfor Hongkong goods,

Irrespective

ID Alexander was of the opinion that it was time

nationals

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ANY TRUTH

09

A reporter asked the spokes-

man whether there was any

the Colony founded a single truth in a report that the US bad organisation irrespective of "cautioned

the

Indonesia about industry, size, ownership, getting too rough with how they do business or Dutch." language to foster Hong-

exporta

advantage.

If such

tha to

an organisation,

Me White said that the US

a Indonesian Government,

Federation of Hongkong

Observers sold there was no degree of certainty what will happen to the Dutch-owned

estates which total 073 · accord- ing to a survey by one of Ins donesia's biggest labour unions. INFLUENCE

would

Industries, could be agreed the Department to make repte. Amerations to wipe out Dutch

Many Indoncalans think of the British Commonwealth think Amsterdam the way people in

"He has rib Instructions, from upon the advantages to

the Indonesian sentations to Colony's Industries would Government concerning the con- be enormous, not the least sequences of the present actions being the setting of stan- to themselves or to Dutch Inter- dardit

Such

standards eats and individuals," Mr While of London. a guaranteo of stated-Reuter. quality and these are sadly

Work Out 'Reasonable

Solution'

Taipei, Dec. 5. An influential Chinoso nows- paper said today that

LIPSTICK

One nurse used her Upsilek to mark an "M" on foreheads of those urgently in need of morphine os the fog still slow- ed: down transport to take them to hospital.

Bodies were

sp hideously twisted into the wreckage that rescue workers, after using blow-lamps to reach them had sometimes to cut them up to dis engage them

Cause of the accident has yet to be established. The line was equipped with modern fog- signolling apparatus, — France- Presse.

there is "little or no point" Noncom No 1. Or

on

Sputternik?

Washington

Washington, Dec. 5.

wits are calling the US test satellite "Noncom

CHINESE WANT EMBARGO

GOODS

London, Dec. 5.

Dr. Chi Choo-ting, head of a visiting. 28-man Chinese trade mission, said here tonight that the "over- whelming majority” of the highly technical goods China wanted to buy from Britain

оп the strategic ambargo list. Dr Chi said the tour had been successful and delegates "eel that they bavo found friends here.”

were

Brilish

tradc

Tea, rubber, tobacco and kong Industry and exploit Ambassador in Djakarta,

coffee' estates owned by the Mr Dutch cover a total area of 1,- best

John M. Allison, had made no 000,000 hectares. official approach to Tho Observers sold even if

China really needed reprisals Increased

for the Philippine Govern- against

electronic Instruments and other ment to insist take Dutchmen, it

the

highly technical goods, "but deportation en masse of

the overwhelming majority of influence.

the some 2,000, Chinesa

these are still on your who have overstayed their

embargo list," he said visit to the Philippines.

CUT RIGHT OUT The English language China | No 1,"

Interested "We are not News, however, urged the Dutch is almost the indis-

That's for non-Communist, your trade acerets or military Talpel and the Manila Govern- and also for non-commissioned secrets but in getting the things pensable language for cuments to get together and work ofeer, to ducting big business

low we want. The ombargo 01 out "a reasonable solution" for priortly in military planning, Indonesia.

strategic materials in not 4 this outstanding' problem. Leading Indonesian tellectual write books in Dutch -President Sockamo himself, probably the greatest orator in the Indonesian language, speaks to big aides in Dutch-Reuter.

would be

lacking at the present time.

Too often have buyers found LENNOX-BOYD.

that they have been duped:

by fly-by-night exporters, or

manufacturers beroft

of

scruples with the result that the Colony's name has been dragged through the miro. So let us heve

INJURED

Londen. Dec. 5, The British Colonial Seprotary, Mr Alan Lennox-Boya, has Fractured

his shoulder, the

Federation of Hongkong Colonial Office announced today. Industries and give Britain The Colonial Secretary, whose

a fair fight, and there will accident was due to a fall, will and less remain at his post. -- Franco-

Presso

bo

more praise condemnation.

In Your Saturday Mail

M

The Queen and her Court are criticised', .. the House of Lords

is reformed ........"Now at this time comes a alguifionaś new study of a man who was one of the greatest influences on our times and on the quson... the man who was her Father. It tarts in the weekend Mall tomorrow. Among the other

features are:

The Unpredictable King -- by A, J. P. TAYLOR;.. America-Today -- doubt and dismay — RENE MacCOLL; Who are the Richest Men in Britain? BERNARD HARRIS;

GILBERT ODD.

Zanies of the Ring ---

And all your^gsust features, cartoons, ANTHONY FULLER-

LORDS PASS REFORM BILL

Ladon, Dee.

in

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The House of Lords tonight passed without a vote a Glov= crument bill for the creation of Kon-hereditary peerages open to women

Tho Labour Party spokes- man, Lord Alexander, said his party would not oppone the limited reform of the Upper House proposed by the Govert "ment, although he felt it did slot go far enough and suppress completely, the principle of] hereditary peerages, !

The bill for the "reform of the House of Lords will be subanlited to the House of Come

expected" to be approved, Frange-Pres

the Olms, GITES, CUMMINGS, LOW, in 20 packed pages of mons «rarly next year and is

weekend reading.

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MERITORIOUS

ingleate

Its

in

In Tokyo Japanese editors question for negotiation. are calling the US Vanguardi rocket the "Sputternik" today for its failure to get off the

round-United Press.

"It is no good relaxing such

Chain Reaction

Lille, Dec. 6.

It took police two hours to untangle an incident of a couple of sightseers yesterday.

a measure. It would havë të be cus right out." ficuter

Back To The Farm

Gettysburg, Dec. 5. President Elsonhower arrived here today for a long weekend rest at his farm after an 85- mile drivo trom Washington over roads still ley after snowstorm yesterday.

The Independent newspaper praised as a welcome onor Senator Francisco Rodrigo's statement, announcing his in- tention to file a bill which would casble "meritorious CASES" among the overstaying Chinese to obtaki permanent residence in the Philippines.

"After all," it pointed OUL "they (the overslaying Chinese) it, and each other behind I. Me Elsenhower is expected to have spent many years as law- Another car stopped to see the return to Washington either into abiding people in the Philip-fun, and two cars piled into It. on Sunday or on Monday, pines."—Ünlied Press,

No one was hurt.United Press, Router.

A truck stopped on a foggy highway. Ten cara smashed into

WHERE WAS THE BIG EARTHQUAKE?

Landon, Dea. 5.- Belafolata today are still baffled about the location ef what they, froseded early yozlerday as isso, of the

The tremor, equal in tutepulty to the ZONG: BRELA WYRDOínea suridqusks, # now (heught to

Chinese

selmographa located the earthanako-na having le

• epicentre in western Mongolia, the New Chlia News, Agency - reported... Moderate: Nhécks. were felt in many place in Northwest China, the Agony Added

Bombay's Colade. Observatory said the eplemio ar she carliquaža.

Joglost Station said it was in the Northern Himalayaş or io Turkesian,

The Naikoriande Motodrological Tusliinid af De Bilt corrected ~ tía predlotion, Torterday that the quska fock plass. In th iniddle of the Allantie, Kg- Berde hele naw“believe it

The Labour man took 35.55 per cent of the votes compared with 38,49 per cent in 1955, The Liberal polled 15.24 per

cent-Reuter.

Cape Canaveral, Dec. 5. The United States will at- tempt to launch 'its first artificial satellite to- morrow shortly after 1200 GMT after several poalponements of the launching, which had been scheduled for yester day.

·

The plans for a new launching attempt were annicuticed here by Defence Department spokesman, G. Schooley, Meantime, assistant director J, Paul Walsh of the satellite launching programme said the "count down" the step- by-step preparation for fring the Vanguard launching TOC- ket would be much faster this time than it. wor yesterday's attempt.

PESSIMISM

Hollywood, Fla., Dec. B. Mr George B. Trimble, the man in overall charge of the manufacture of the Vanguard

and rocket satollito project, sald to. day the odda were that the little sphora would not be got into arbit Mr Trimble, Vice-President In charge of engineering at the Martin Company, leading contractor, for the sald Vanguard project, current postponement In the fring, "may run into days or weska."--Raúter.

encoun

The bigga?“ difficulty

tered yesterday was, supplying -liquid oxygen to one of the rocket's Etages, because of sa leak in a valve, Walsh raid.

Precautions have been faicen

fo avoid similar leaks this time, he added.

Walsh warned against exces- alvo optimism thai tho satellite would.değnitely be. launched tomorrow morning, He zald: "Again, let me stress that we must go from step to step to get in in condition for fring" and added there was chance the launching would not Lako place tomorrow morning--France-Presso,

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