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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

DEFENCE POLICY

THE

DEBATE

THE Conservative Govern- ment has won parlia- montary approval for ite defence policy based

on

the threat of nuclear retalla- tion against any possible Soviet aggression and the atationing of United States missiles in the country. Western defence policy has navor been put moro bluntly than that outlined by Mr

Duncan Sandys, the Defence

Minister. Mr Sandys has made it clear that if the

Russians should attack in Europe.

even only with conventional weapons, there would be immediate retalla- tion with nuclear weapons. This is the clearest notice ever Borved 00 the Kremlin against risking any such adventure against the West. Not Upset

THE Defence

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CHINA MAIL

No. 36985

Established "1845′

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1958.

TORIES WIN DEFENCE DEFENCE

Defeat For

Labour

Motion

London, Feb. 27.

THE British Govern-

ment's nuclear and general defence policy won the approval of the House of Commons to- night by 317 votes to 261 -- a Government majority of 56.

The House of Commons

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Brighton Police Officers Guilty BITTEREST FIGHTING IN YEARS

-CHIEF CONSTABLE FREED-

officers, Dot-Insp. London, Feb. 27.

Hammersley senior

(40) and Two of three Brighton

polico

found officers were gulity on conspiracy charges | after a long trial, which ended at the Old Balloy court here this evening. The third, Chief Constable of

the Brighton force, 50-year- old Charles Ridge, was further after a acquitted

the hour's deliberation by Jury who had already taken four hours and a hult to reach Ila verdict against the two other accused pollee

John Det-

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sama

8gt Trevor Neatli - (38), Thirty-six-year-old bookmaker,

Samuel Bellson found guilty but bar censeo, Anthony Lyons, who was charged in the conspiracy trial, was acquilted. Police Chief Ridge and bar- released keeper Lyons were

at the prosecuting on ball authorities reserved the right | to proffer other charges. The month-old trial-one of the the longest in the history of

General Relieved Of

the Old Bailey Criminal Couri ---revolved around series of procation allegations of bribery and corruption be- tween the five defendanta.

They had all pleaded not gullig to conspiring logolher and with others to obstruct the Coursa of Justice between January 1940, and

last year.

The sentences

Explodes

Two

Algerian Spring Nuclear

Offensive In Full Swing

Algiers, Feb. 27.

October Over 400 Algerian insurgents and at least 20 French soldiers have been killed in the past day or two in some of the bitterest fighting since the Algerian uprising began over three years ago, it was reported here tonight.

on those found Fullty were postponed unil tomorrow-France-Presse nud

Reuter.

Command

rojected a critical Labour For Exercising 'Poor Judgment

Opposition amendment by 318 votes to 263 — a major-

daims that the Ministerity of 55.

of military power has not

the

The Labour motion had urged Covern- been upset by the Soviet's the House to reject remarkable achievements in ment polley which it said "re-

predominantly upon lics outer space, and that the

of thermo-nuclear war- threat overall superiority of the fare." West is likely to increase rather than diminish with the introduction of medium- rango missiles.

Mr Sandys has said that it will bo several years before the Soviet Union ean com- plete the development of inter- a really accurate continental ballatic missile. Mr Sandys is optimistic and has not been swayed by the dismay which swept the United States when the Russians Jaunched their space satellites and it can only be assumed that the

Minister has access to other information.

Services' Roles

Complained

This motion also complained that the Government insisted on installing strategic rocke! bases in Britain before the projected talks.

East-West "summit"

Main theme of the two-day debata was a statement by Mr Duncan Sandys, Minister of Defence, that if Russia Jaunched

major 2

atlack, even with conventional forces only, the West would have to hit back with nusitar wea- pons.

Mr John Strachey, a former War Secretary, winding up for the Opposition, said this meant suicide and the end of the world.

It implied Britain wouki "start throwing 1-bomba" at Russia at

THE roles of the three the very start-n policy the Bri-

The roles of

Maintained

Washington, Feb. 27.

Air Force Chief of Staff General Thomas D. White today relieved his Commanding General in the Philippines area for "exercising poor judgment on various occasions.

ARMS PLANE

FORCED TO LAND

arms

Algiers, Feb. 28. French spokesmen an- nounced late. last night that a plane carrying cases of

made a forced landing yesterday the at an airport near seaport of Bone in cir cumstances that under investigation. The type, destination and na-. tonality of the aircraft were

west

Major- The Air Force said

B. General John Ackerman

13th Commander of the Force, has been ordered Beved of command" and

A Doctor Says:

"ro- to

report to the Pentagon. Cancer Caused

Mo

The statement offered examples of poor judgment and

lid not otherwise explain the Budden

Ackerman

rellet of from his Command.

The Air Force sald Ackerman has been assigned temporarily to Headquarters, US Air Force,

An Air Force spokesman said Ackerman aircody was en-route

by air to Washington, →

WEST POINT

By Air Pollution, Not Cigarettes

Newcastle On Tyne,

Feb. 27.

of

Twenty French soldiers and 225 insurgents were idlled near. Duvivier, 30 miles south Bone, Eastern Algeria, when on insurgent force alleged to have crossed the Tunisian border, Cross

but exterminated," was, "all French sources said.

ot the

In another part, eastern end of the Namentchas mountains, 100 insurgents were

killed. French casualties were night said the battle was con-

not announced. Reports to-

tinuing.

Plane Down

America's

New

Satellite

Washington, Feb. 27. The Air Force disclosed to- night that it plans shortly to try to launch a recon- paissance satelitè weigh- |

than 1,300 Lig more pounds.

In other clashes in eastern Algeria insurgent losses totalled about 100, French sources said. In one battle, insurgents forced down a Piper Cub observation

The proposed spy-in-the-sky, i planc.

dubbed the Pied Piper, was dis- Quantities of machine guns,cussed at the Air Force Asso- automatic rifles and pistols, some clution's annual jet-age confer- and a rocket projector ence by Maj-General Bernard mortars were reported to have been cap-A. Schriever, Air Force Missile tured by the French.

Chlef

There was hand to hand fight-

ing the battle south of Bone which raged all day yesterday and, earlier today, was reported .glili in progesnis -

was nearly all caused by losses are

atmospheric pollution and not by cigarettes.

He is Dr Frede de Pybus, ameritus professor of surgery at Durham University.

now

Assistant Air Earlier, the Force

Secretary, Richard E. for a Horner, unveiled plans super inter-Continental Ballistic, Missile packing a warhead much bigger than a diy-wrecking H- Bomb.

Tho new missile would fy

HEAVIER

Devices

Washington, Feb. 27. Russia exploded two glant nuclear weapons today — both In the megaton. range, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) ́an- nounced.

"Megaton" "meano weapon

equivalent in power to 'one million tons of TNT. AEC Chairman Lewis L Straums described both explosions as "Large-yield"" testa.

Large Yield

The AFC announcement said the two explosiona "brought to three the number of Soviet large-yield nuclear explosions in the past Avo days"

The second Soviet explosion today was reported to Strauss shortly after he had announc ed dň mid-afternoon that Russia had staged the day's first test,

The AEC Bald: "To two

Soviet detonations

dotected today occurred north of the Arctio Circle in the same general area as the Soviet megaton-rango nuclear test on Sunday, February 29."

Warheads

Disclosure that the current test scrles la being held in the interested atomic Arelic

observers.

There has been speculation, that hayo tested the Russians hydrogen warheads for inter- continental missiles in the far North. Some observers believe they have fired missiles above the test nuclear atmosphere to Explosion effects in space—

Unlied Press.

Attempt To Kidnap Champion

Fierce Clashes A doctor who has studied!

Fierce clashes in the Tunisian Ackerman is 'a 1932 Weat

lung cancer for nearly 60 frontier area since the weekend farther and faster than 5,000- Point graduate. He has com-

brought total years today declared it have

French nille missiles now under deve manded Air Force planes in the

for February to unlopment and would hit its target Formosa, Philippines and other

and with considerably Horner said, He wis

Mr areas of South Asia.

sumated 204 men filled. In-harder

mure accuracy, surgent losses in February were based at Clark Field, Manila.

put at more than 1,500 kalled Before becoming Commander

According to reports reaching |

the

satellite, here

French foreen in The reconnaissance not announced. Bono le 54 of the 13th Air Force in August,

Algeria aro miles

of the Tunisian 1956, he had served for three

up against being bullt by Lockheed Aircraft years as Vice Director of the frontler. Unconfirmed reports

Incurgent bands better armed Corp., was described by General said that the plane was an un- top secret National Security

The atmosphere of some cities and better trained than ever Schriever as "heavier than the combined weights" of all the

Havana, Feb. 27. B-17 Agency in Washington. American-built

Police salt tonight they had nuclear Flying Fortress and had boon

He is rated a command pilot, produced the same effect on its before.

Insurgent strength is estimated earth satellites thus far orbited. as if they all smoked

The two Russian Sputniks folled an attempt to kidnap 100 cigarettes forced down by French fighter and had previously served since citizens

day, he at about 30,000 men, each with

Boxing Lightweight in the Labour planes.

World War II as Assistant Chief

had a Differences

a combined weight of 1,394 World Tille or submachine gun, or of Staff for

in declared Operation Party on defence were high-

ganised in battalions, companies pounds. The US Army Explurer, Champlon, Joe Brown, similar Washington, Assistant Air fighted

now circling the earth, weighs to that in which World Auto by Mr. Emanuel

and platoona-Reutor,

30.8 pounds,

Racing Champion, Juan Manue Attache at the American Em-

General Schriever refused to Fanglo, was snatched by Cuban bassy in London and Assistant Director of Air Force Intelligence

tell newsmen when the Fled rebels this week.

to say that its development was "well advanced."United Press,

fully explained. Some senior officers, particularly in the But Mr Christopher Soames. RAF do not see eye-to-eye Secretary for Wer, who replied with the Minister, Although to the debate, maintained that they agree that missiles the Russians would not chance will eventually supersede their arm in a manner they con- bomber aircraft they consider w remit in

retallation.' tend that the day is a long way off. The Navy is to have two dis- tinct roles. In the Atlantle and in the Mediterranean it will operate within Nato with the object of meeting the big Russian submarino threat to Europe's lifeline. In the East there will be a "balanced, all-purpose feet of appreciable strength" to fulfil commitments in the

marked

REDELS

an-

Shinwell. # former Labour A spokesman for the Office Defence Minister. He said of the Minister

for Algeria the alfference between Robert Lacoste, confirmed

in Washington. Labour's olicia! defence rumours last night that a plung

Juter The Air Force that and

of Dolley

thehad landed but sald that first

not indicate that nounced that General Ackerman Government was "less acute" reports did tlanti the differences on the arms were destined for the had been relieved of his com- mand on the ground that he defence in the Labour Party Algerian rebels.

morale by First reports from Bone and undermined

Overlavishly four He said those Labour mem- that the plane's four-man crew redecorating bers who wanted to bin the included two Americans, an ects of living quarters on Luzon, hydrogen bomb had been Englishman and an Israeli, the

INVESTIGATORS defeated at the Party's annual Ministry spokesman said. conference,

Mr Shinwell

urged them to ND finally, the Minister accept your defeat in As many to des

arco.

Pay Increases

Itself.

his colleagues that the only He niso nitacked

Labour's

were

He said the crew old autho riles they had taken off from Israel and were on their way to Venezuela.

The arms cargo included 202

way to retain mea in the official spokesmen who sold the bazookas, four mortars, 100 sub Forces is to increase their American missiles pay and he now hopes that very good. there will be

"nonsense." enough

recruits to halt the call-up

after 1960,

Не called

not machineguns and corresponding this ammunition, the spokesman

caid. United Press.

US Missiles Earlier Mr George Ward,

The emphasis on the Sretary for Air, had defend-

creasing preparedness of

ed the Government's decision to the Forces is possibly the allow

bases in Britain for most reassuring aspect of the whole of the White Paper. This cannot be taken as an aggressive policy --

it is merely realistic.

The ultimate objectivo of the British Government is to

American missiles.

He asked if anyone be- Hoved Russla would finitate to use nuclear weapons if she found herself losing a War fought only with conventional weapons.

Mr Geoffrey De Frellas, who

Demonstrators Fired On In Damascus

This was the way in which he was alleged to have exercised "poor judgment,”

$1

BEYOND DOUBT

It was proved "beyond doubt" that benz-pyrene caused cancer.

It was present in smoke from Buch large burning coal in quantiles as to account for 30 per cent of cancer,

Other causes, such as diesel petrol tumes, cigarettes and and garden Ares added to the danger-but insignificantly in comparison, ho said. China Mall Special

House CRASH OF

had

BOMBER DENIED

REDSTONE Piper would be launched excepi

MISSILE SENT UP

Cape Canaveral, Feb. 27.

Prince Wan

London, Feb. 27, The Thai Foreign Secretary, Prince Wan, arrived in London

A Redstone missilo-fint from Geneva today on a tour

of

stage.

the

Army's day visit-Reuter, Jupiter-C satelito launch- or, was fired' successfully today.

A new high energy fuel-the type used to launch the carrier which

the fung

Explorer satellito into space-powered today's Redstono Wght.

Investigators of the Appropriations Committee checked on General Ackerman's activities at Clark Field lost autumn, and had reported that "although he spent no largo sum of money" on his various quarters (two sets of tem- porary quarters and his Anal

London, Feb, 27. permanent quarters), his action had been "destructive

Britain's Air Ministry tonight of morale" and had been the denied that a British or Ameri-lons apparently were preventing source of much gossip in mill- can aircraft had crashed in or the launching of another Navy lary circles.

near Britain while carrying a Vanguard with a small test

He was commenting On D

arto

an

The Air Force said it fully nuclear weapon, concurred with the committee's Cairo, Feb. 27. finding, and that the manner

in the House of statement Ackerman Tho Middle

In which General East Nows

Commons tonight by MI have a strong hand in pre-roumed the debate

carried out his projects could Agency today for

from reported

be construed to have been Geoffrey Do Freitas, a former understanding ducing an

Labour, complained that the Damascus today that. and a start to disarmament Americans, by keeping control

more for his personal prestige Air Under-Secretary, who said Tragi police opened fire on | and aggrandisement than for he had been told that not long If "gumm!!" talks take of the missile warheads, were

aircraft carrying a pro-Nasser demonstrators the good of the service, place. Thus IL realistic saying the British could not be

in Bagdad today,

The General would be given nuclear weapon crashed in a policy makes sense.

The report said that the Iraqi an opportunity to explain his field in East Anglia, England,

A spokesman of the United ++++++ | Government had deployed Anny side of the cave to the Chief-

troops in the streets of the of-Staff when he returned to States Air Force in Britain sald record of Washington, the Air Force tonight he had no added. United Press and such an occurrence-Reuter. The Agency quoted reports reaching Damascus that a num- Reuter.

and demon- strators had been wounded,

demonstrators had cheer-

trusted with them-Reuter,

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The missile trailed a slender trail of flame as it roared into the sky through broken clouds. Unfavourable weather condi-

satellite-United Press,

COMMUNIST PARTY TO DISSOLVE

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Manlia, Feb, 28. The Communist Parly of the Philippines has decided on its diaclution and the mass-sur- Tender of Huka, provided top Human Torch Communist leader Jesus Lava Is granted an audience by Pre- Salgon, Feb. 27, aldent Carlos Garcia, a surren

ranking Communist Hoang Van Dap, 39-year-old dered sident, Gamal Abdel Nasser, and

United Nations, Feb. 27.

-committed suicide leader disclosed last night condemned the Federation of

formerly Tunisia charged tonight that merchant,

Pedro Caguin, Iraq and Jordan and the Elsen-France has forcibly evicted ap- poar Saigon's most fashionable hower Doctrine, the agency re-proximately 250,000 Algerians shopping district by cooking his Southern Tatton uk chief and port said United Press.

in order to create a no-man's clothes with gasoline and selling member of the Party Politburo, **** In a radio interview said that

the Party reached this decision land on the Tunsian frontier, fire to them.

a letter

Secretary- The human torch died in the during a top-level- mosling on Miners Buried

Gondral Dag Hammarskjold, centre of public street near March 20 last year. Buenos Aires, Feb. 28. the Tunisiens said that be-Rue Catinat, the street of ****Caguing

Marendered

about Several rescue teams were tween Tebruary 19 and 23 at Salgon's luxury shops, He was half years ago He saids ha words to cls out eight workers least 1,000 fugees entered despondent over a 2,000. piartre had already conferred with alorin (about US$140) debt, on which Garda" on the Party Irumrender who were burled today when a Tunisia in one provitice funnel et a hydro-alectric factory and-"this axodus is increasing bis wife hid boon akoled at the blue prios but declined to all Corallio collapsedz city at all points on the Tuni- time of the Lamar New Your closo further details. France

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The polleo report said three armet unidentified men wero arresied because of their "sumpi- clous" attitude outside the Hotel Lincoln where Brown was stay- ing. It was the sume hotel from which Fangle was abducted last Sunday.

The three were arrested just prior to Brown's departure for p.m., with his Mtarni at 2.99 wife and trainer-United Press,

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