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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

FEDERATION

THE three British Bornto

torritorios lie only a few hundred miles away from Hongkong yet. litie

iM

known of the area or its activities.

But last month the Governor of Sarawak suggested a plan for foderation of the three territuries.

Federations these days are being encouraged by the United Kingdom Govern- ment as a means of welding smaller countries into larger units within the framework of the British Commonwealth.

races

be

. Reactions, taken from mem

bers of the various and religions

in- habitating the area, nre extremely favourable, but all urge caution and. full examination of the project, That caution should . exerted is logical as there are many pitfalls along the road to any federation of atatea, but Borneo has only to look towards Mainya to see the success of such a venture.

in Malaya

having Tengku Abdul Rah- man to lead the way to wards unity and it was he who told his people to make haste slowly. On the other hand, while making haste slowly, it is

Was

fortunate

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"THE FANGUS KOMEGNY, 'EK ACTION TRAUBERE

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HONGKONG 14

KOWLOON,

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DUTCH

UNDER

NUCLEAR

Secretly Supporting GAILLARD Mediation Efforts TESTS

PRESSURE Make Progress

Revolutionaries In

Central Sumatra

Tokyo, Mar. 15.

Indonesian "Foreign Ministry quarters" charged on Friday that the Dutch Government is secretly supporting the revolutionary government in Contral Sumatra, it was reported today.

Paris, Mar. 14.

Premier Felix Gaillard de-

cided tonight to keep Maurice Bourges-Maun-

oury as his Interior Minis.

Tunis, Mar. 14.

ter despite growing poll- Anglo-American mediation efforts in the French-Tunisian crisis were resumed again today and a top Tunisian official declared "some progress" had been made.

tical pressure for the Minister's resignation.

M. Bourges-Maunoury WIA under heavy fire for the alleged

Paris

lack of furuess he showed

police

yesterday when 2,000

staged a tear-riat in front of the National Assembly back their demands for a risk bonus.

The Antara news agency, in a broadcast monitored in Tokyo, said "Indonesian

disto Foreign Ministry quarters. elosed that the Dutch Government is supporting the secretly

Padang rebels under Sjafruddin Prawirame- gara et Al"

source: known to

Observers felt that retaining

M. Bourges-Maunoury in the Cabinet might seriously handi- cap Premier in next

the

Tuesday's confidence test in the Assembly.

Dutch Government for the cap- Techuleally the vote will te reform, bu! ture of the Kansimbar by the on cousitutional

the police demonstration pro- Dutch warship Drenthe.)

The Kassimbar is a ship which foundly shocked many French Dutch KPM Deputies and will play a major shipping in which was taken / role in the vote, many observers over by the Indonesians but thought, then seized last month by the Dutch submarine chaser Drenthe. which took It to West Guinea,-United Press,

The agency said the report that "It was the Indonesian Government that several Dutch Embassies abroad have disseinlnated and translat-belonged to the ed Prewiranegara's open letter la President Soekarno recently." Antara sald that in this letter the rebel Prime Minister had denounced the Central Govern ment and ils policies,

Tho

the Dutch apply Government seemed to all sorts of methods to help pro- pagate the rebels' сале svcrcily."

sources asserted, agency said, "that the

Meddling

the

- necessary

keep the ultimate object in sight. Federation, for federation's suke is meaningless, the ob

The agency also said that the ject of federation is the Foreign Ministry sources noted advantage It brings to the that a Dutch newspaper, public in general. The Elsevier, in an article evaluating question now is, what ad- the Indonesian

overt.. or official vantages fall to the people that eny

meddling would be "worse than of Barnoot

but that the harmful" First there is the greater newspaper added "of course we

stability arlsing strength in unity which need not hide our sympathy for

frum

should affect both directly

Padang."

SHIPPING IN BAD WAY

altuation said More

same

The source said that "In the and indirectly the economic light of these

facts, it is DO

life of the people, securing wonder that the rebels'

a reign of prosperity and sentative

a rise in the

Europe, in

repre-

Anton

New

Cardiff, Mar. 14. than 140 ships were lald up at present in Bri- tish ports because they

MEETING

A spreis Cabinet meeting called tonight by M. Gaillard secepted the resignation of the and Paris Prefect of Pollce put a new man, Maurice Papon, in the job.

The Secretary of State for In-

Emile formation,

Cla parede, announced that the Cabinet had to punish the also decided "authors responsible

yes- for terday's disorders.** But he did not specify who would be punished or how.-United Press,

had no work, Mr R. P. KKK HEAD

Ropner, President of the United Kingdom Chamber

of Shipping, said here tonight.

It was dimcult today even

standard of Pieler Makatita had thanked the to make the most modest tramp

living. At the present moment, the unco-ordinated Bystem of marketing the produce of Sarawak does not permit the producer to exert

the influence he "should cojoy in the world

markets, if he were member of

Borneo policy.

a

pan.

Beer For Demonstrators

Sydney, Mar. 14.

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A special consignment of 300 gallons of beer has been ordered A second advantage which for demonstrating plaers

would arise from federation drink at Catherine Hill Bay is that a defence policy, near Newcastle, on Monday. based upon union, would! A carrier will stand by to rush deter any potential marau extra beer if that quantity is der whose eyes are attracted not enough for the miners.

A mass demonstration is to

by the rich economic poten-be staged at Catherine Hill Bay tials. It is hoped that no selfish con- support of "under the sea"

stay-in pirikers

at

alderations shall prevent Walterah Mine. federation, for only in that The miners have stayed down pan-Borneo the mine since Tuesday as a achiere and realiso Its protest against pending dis- highest aspirations.

missals.China Mell Special,

manner cau

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GAOLED

Lumberton, S.C., Mar 14.. court sentenced Ku Klux Klan "Grond Wizard" James W. Cole to 16 to 24 months in gaol today for inciting to riot,

BRITAIN BLASTS MOSCOW

US Deputy Under-Secretory of State Robert Murphy and his British

counterpart Harold Beeley lunched at the American Embaray today with two Tuni- Flan government lenders.

The Tunisians were Behi Ladgham, Secretary of Stale to the Presidency, and Sadok Mok- kadem, Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs Both President Habib Bourguity's top aldes.

are

This was the first Ume Murphy

London, Mar. 14. Britain today sharply cri- and Beeley had conferred with ticised the Soviet Union any Tunisians since last Thurs- had led to day night. This for distortion and break-rumours that a stalemate in lie ing confidence when it "good offices" talks was fost charged that the Western developing.

After the meeting Ladgharn powers word trying to

told reporters that "the conver- sidetrack

"Bummit"

sations continue to be useful. conforance by resuming There was some progress. We disarmament negotiations will meet again temorrow." Pessimism. through UN channels.

ย

The sharply-worded Foreign Office statement was a reply to an official statement issued in Moscow today.

Mokkadem

said

he did no! believe there would be another meeting between Bourguibo, Murphy and Bealey.,

parture

or

There was a growing sense of A Foreign Omce spokesman pessimism in the capital about added, "It is regrettable that the the outcome of the talks. No Soviet Union should have issued date has been sat for the de- so distorted a statement."

of either Beeley The spokesman added thai Murphy, and there has been no the idea was explained to the official statement by either side Russians in confidenco several Tunisian crisis is in sight.

'that on ・ end to the Franco- days ago and it is unfortunate that they should have chosen to react in this unhelpful matiner." "It is true that the Western Powers were thinking of meeting of the Security Coun cil if the Russians remained unwilling to attend a meeting of the Disarmament Commis alon," the stalement sald.

a

to

an-

an im-

GOAT ON RAMPAGE

on

Melbourne, Mar, 14. "ally"—a goat out to make mlechief-want the rampage for two houra at a crowded suburban rail- way station here today.

Ho butted city-bound office workers, comped bo- tween railway tracks during peak traffic, "ralded" greengrocer's shop and was eventually trapped by two council employees, tied to a tro and treated to a break- fast of bananas.

Curious early passengers

had

morning crowded

around Billy on the station

and were sorry.

Billy lowered his nine. inch horns to the platform, charged-then stood trium. phantly among heap of hastily dropped kitbags and cut luncher.

to Billy

the dropped tracks, and there, the trouble really started,

Trains wera dua in, and others due out with the first of the morning' PORK

But Bily casually romped

main on the

liner and on munched

the Caparas weeds between the sleepers. Beveral people tried to tether Billy and got a butt In the seat of their pants

·for ・ thoir -- gfforte-Ching Mall Special.

parlad, Observers bellave the crucial' date is March 20, next Thurs- day, which is the third niversary of Tunisian indepen- dence from France. Bourguiba. is expected to make portant policy statement then and be hinted yesterday he

have might

reshape his the attachment to country's

the Council would be summoned

"But the intention was that West.--United Press and France-

Presse. only to give their approvat for the prosecution of the dis- armament ncgotibtions through other channels including, of

meeting. tried on "In this way, the respon- charges growing out of a riot sibility of the UN in the matter

would dicarmament which exploded when the KKK of The Chamber was considering held an open meeting without maintained."-United Press,

a predominantly this and it would play its part permission in

neighbourhoud JE and when a co-operative Indlan scheme became the general wish January-France-Presse, of the industry-Reuter.

ship show a proit, he tol

same could be meeting. The sald of tankers while liners and coasters were also feeling pinch through lack of cargoes.

The fall in the freight market was "staggering and unprecedented," he said.

Depressed foreign markets and laid-up, tonnage inevitably, Fed to suggestions for measures of mutual co-operation, Mr Royner added.

US Hugging Secrets

KKK "Titon", James Garland Bartin, was sentenced to a alx to 12 months' prison term by

the same court,

The two leaders of the racist were organisation

just

Flying Area Modification

course,

a

Plantations

posable summit Should Not

Macmillan Influences US Policy

Birmingham, Mar. 14.

Mr Singapore, Mar. 14.. The British Minister of Minister of Communications Supply, Mr Aubrey Jones, to- and Works Francis Thomas on- night called for a greater shar-nounced today that the Indone- ing of scerels and pooling on sian Government has agreed to resources between America and modify the prohibited flying Britain

orea south of Singapore.

He said that as a result of

London, Mar, 14.

be

Be Cut Up

Singapore, Mar. 14.

Malayan plantation workers

MUST CONTINUE

Washington, Mar, 14. Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard F. Libby says tho United States must con- tinuo nuclear tests or abandon hope of perfect- ing intercontinental mis- sito warheads and "small clean" atomic bombs,

But even if fool-proot agrea- ment could be reached for ban- ning millary nuclear tests he. saidy the

world

"absolutely cannot afford" to prohibit de- volopment of atomic explosives for peaceful purposes.

Dr Libby made these points in testimony,

Just released, before the Scnate Disarmament Sub-Commitice, He Tevealed.

that:

*

The United States has tot yet tesied a Euclear warhend for an intercontinental ballistic missile. (Some selen- tists, believe three Soviet testa In the Arctic last month were of missile warheads. This country * Is expected to test actunt war- heads in the Pacific tests start- ing next month.)

LONG WAY

Though

has tho

the US greatly reduced radioactivity of its big H-bombs. it still has a long way to go be 'fore it can perfect the small clean weapons which could be used in imited warfare without contaminating the earth's atmo- aphero,

"It is my deep conviction," Libby said, "that we must have clean weapons

all fold ranges available in our stockpile In large numbers”

with "recent Libby agreed statements by Dr Edward Teller of the Atomic Energy Com- misalon's Livermore, Calic Bomb Laboratory that Russia theoretically could shoot.on test ban agreement, ever '03- system. suring an Inspection This "could be done, according to Toller, by exploding weapons far underground.-United Press.

BELLIGERENT RIGHTS NOT RECOGNISED

not

recognise the belligerent status

London, Mar. 14. ftich. The Foreign Office spokesman The Forelen Offee spokesman

that Britain does sald that Britain ald believe the cutting up of cald today estates will mean bigger not plan to recognise the right

of of belligerency the In- of either of the two parties in inroads by Communist-donesian rebels.

the conflict. terrorists.

American Secretary of State,

such status Recognition

the right of All-John Foster Dulles, had said would imply of the The President Malaya Estates Staff Union, Mr At a press conference in Manila belligerents to halt foreign ships Yooh Guan Leong, Bald today that the State Department legal and to take other wartime he proposed to warn employers experis are studying the ques- control slepr-France-Presse. and the Government this

about

by

Harold Macmillan, the "Remote areas. fringed British Prime Minister, bald Jungle, when subdivided and here today that he influences occupied by new owners in American foreign policy more squatter fashion, can adversely than appears on the surface. affect the emergency," Mr Yeoh

said. "Because I do not publish Defending the Government's

verfatico, every telegram and every ocr

does not mein that nuclear deterrent polley, he told a meeting here that the discussions in Djakarta, Alghts British diplomacy is not as Americans were tending to of civil aircraft between the active today, and perhaps as "hug certain secreis very two cliles will be facilitated, effective, as ever in its history," tightly to themselves."

although a "substantial detour" he said. An alliance "dominated by from regular routes will still be one major partner, keeping vital up-to-date military know- how to himself is not likely to remain a healthy alliance," he sald-Reuter,

"Strong points and armed posts get erased, terrorist access to unprotected small holders 13 facilitated, and terrorist supply bases and recuperation centres become established.

Only properly-capitalised The Prime Minister 'was

estates can open up the Interior roads, He said Indoricala had ex-speaking at the conual meeting Jungles, build access pressed the hope that the pro- of the Central Council of Con- maintain armed posts, and offord hibition can be withdrawn in a vervative and Utenist Asso- | health measures," Mr Yeoh mid.

Iciations.-Reuter. few days-United Fress.

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