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COMMENT OF
THE DAY.
MALTA TALKS
MHE latest negotiations
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between the United King- dom Government and Malta have ended, but the out- come is not known.
It is, however, hoped that both parties have reached an amicable agreement.
The main reason for the
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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1958,
Price 20 Cents
LENNOX-BOYD PRAISES
Splendid Work' Done By Govt
For Refugees
London, Mar. 20.
Maltese Premier's visit to Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Colonial Secre-
Britain was to discuss the the United amount Kingdom's contribution to the Maita budget which is currently running at over kix million pounds a year. Other matters for considera- tion were employment prospects in the island and
climate the
for indus-
trialisation.
Undoubtedly, too, there must have been a full scale re- vlew of constitutional
matters in the light of the Malta Assembly resolution of
December last year, which still remains on re- cord. This was the resolu- tion threatening to Malta's
Lies United Kingdom.
Resolution
with
sever the
THE resolution claimed
tary, today paid tribute to the "splendid work" done by the Hongkong Govern- mont in resettling refugees.
Unionists Returned
In Belfast
Belfast, Mar. 21.
He was answering a question (n the Ilouso of Commons about a
Hong→ specel to the koag Legislative Council on December 18, 1957, by the former governor, Sir Alexander Grantham.
The Failure
Mr John Rankin,
Labour.
an
Lord Brookeborough's saki Sir Alexander Grantham Unionist Government was in his speech had regretted the failure of the United Kingdom returned 10 power in
Government · to bear Northern Ireland for an equitable share of the cost of other five years in elec- the refuger problem. tion results announced carly today.
The Unionists who suppor!
That run and bruned Northern Island's connection
of the first 32
reals
in the 52-member
faith with Malta on the im- favon 24 plementation of the 1955 declared agreement on the future of louse of Commons. the Malta dockyard.
Which voting took place in The view
of Her Majesty's Reneral election yesterday, 25 Untonists and two Nationalists Government was that the had already been returned un agreement TV 518 not FL
opposed. guarantee of alternative employment for workers losing their jobs at the dockyard лв B result
of defence cuts, but rather a declaration on the economic objectives by the Multese Government and Opposition, as well as by Britain.
MAJORITY
The first four resulta declared carly today gave the Unionists three more seals and the neces cory clear mujority in the House of Commons.
Lord Brookeborough, the 08- year-old Prime Minister, led his
The resolution was passed party into the election campaign less than two months after with victory virtually certain.
the the London talks on
The last
In 1953, constitutional aspects
to
pay
A
replied; Mr Lennox-Boyd "I have noted the speech and am glad of this opportunity tributo to the splendid work done by the Hongkong Government 11 resettling refugees." The Colonial Secretary went Since 1945 Hongkong has received from H.M. Government
Development
ord Colonial Welfare allocations exceeding £1,000,000 and an interest-frie loan of £3.000.000 towards the
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airport.
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Late Snows Blanket East Coast
Of US
Boston, Mar. 20. storm riding on gale winds dumped up to 20 inches of snow from Vir- ginia to New England to day with Spring only hours away. The storm paralysed the operations of the Pennsylvania Rail. road.
Winter's dying blast felled scores of power and telephone lines in the northenst, leaving thousands
without of homes
or telephone ser- lights, heal vices It crippled transporta- tion, closed hundreds of schools and caused flooding along the coast
CONCERN OVER RIFT BETWEEN TAIWAN & JAPAN
By RALPH HARRIS
Washington, Mar. 21. There were expressions of concern in Washington today over the Chinese Nationalist announce ment from Taipei breaking off commercial relations with Japan in protest against the recently concluded private trade agreement between Japan and Chinese Communist in- terests.
Unite-I
States
Government melala, conscious of the fact that this is a matter affecting two close Allies, declined all comment.
But there
was no disguising the distress with which the re- ports were received here.
TO AVOID
or
the
The United States is anxious Electric transmission line fai- to avoid taking any public jures caused by the
which snow, stand
would probably
sido brought Pennsylvania Railroad only annoy one operations almost to a standstill other. of glant Pounsylvania out Station in New York City.
Meanwhite, the scallop drag, ger "Carol and Estelle" with 11| men aboard broke down about 140 miles east of Cape Cod and wallowed helplessly in heavy
cas.
WIND GUST
Wind gusts of up to 70 miles an hour were predicted for that area. The Coast Guard cutter General Greene was dispatched "Bearing this assistance in to aid the dragger, The craft's mind and the relative needs of slapper radioed Hongkong, compared with those manifald had knocked the en- of other territories and the very gine out, heavy calls on our resources,
that a broken
IT Government did not feel Winds blew a $50,000 stoop Jusufled in making a specific into the rocks at Fort Schuyler the refugeen the Bronx, New York, and contribution.
pounded it to places. problem."
10
Devastating
Reports reaching here deplet the Japanese Goverment us buying been badly shaken by the Chinese Nationalist action,
Some Washington observers expressed the view that the vigorous reaction of Talpel to the conclusion of the trade pact might persuade Tokyo to try to delay approval of the agreement. The same observers said it might be, that the strength of the Chinese Nationalists disapproval had not been thoroughly sppre- clated In Japan in the first place and that possible misunderstand- ing might now be regioved
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Lords Blast Practice Of Flying Flags Of Convenience
London; Mar. 20. Three members of Britain's House of Lords today de- nounced the current mer- chant marine practice of flying "Hags of con. venience."
Lord Winster, opening a debate on Britain's merchant marine in the Upper House of the nation's Parliament, sald such fugs were a "menacing problem and the most disturbing
war yours."
RELATIONS maritime problem in the sport-
AFFECTED
50 PER CENT
He noted that "Liberia is now the fourth maritime country in the world and mammoth super- tankers are operating under her flag" as a result,
LEADER IN
NY ORDERED TO PRISON
to
New York, Mar, 20. Sing Keo, World War One
hero and civic leader of New York's Chinatown, was ordered today to sur. render at once to begin a two and
one-half year prison term for helping Chinege
enter the United States illegally. Kee's
inwyer, Allen Stim, appeared before Federal Judge Richard H. Levet to
bo request that his client given until Monday to sur- render. Ho explained that ho needed the time to get his affairs in
Bell shape, to property and to make a will
Been Hanging
However, Judge Levet said that Kee had already had enough time to take care of those things.
Tokyo, Mar. 20. Chinese The
Nationalist Ambassador to Japan ob- jected strenuously today *About 50 per cent of these to Japan's granting a ships flying flags of convenience "This case has been hanging for
he said. "The
more than Communist Chinese trade are American,"
A year," Levot Americans sel out to Save
said, " don't sco why your delegation the right to operating costs and my word
client was caught off guard." raise their flag in Japan, but they do it"
resinuirant Lord Winster warned
Kee, a 63-year-old that The Ambassador, Shen Chin-
owner who was awarded the was "British shipping cannot survive ting, pointed out
Distinguished United States "logical"
lo state that Red against this tax-free operations,"
Service Cross for bravery, Viscount Chinese
trade representatives
Runciman jalned
on February, was convicted were private representatives be-Winster, labelling flags of con-
1057, and was given the prk- "The most important cause there was
son sentence in addition to m $0,000 Ane,
that it
no such thing ventence as privale trade in China.
single
and
the
the
question that confronts Mr Shen sald, however, that certainly the British mercantile
probably the Japanese explanation' that marine the Red Chinese trade agency mercantile mariner of all would not be given official status nations of the work was “understandable.”
IN WAR-TE
POLITICAL ASPECTS
that
Viscount Simon said "But he said: "The Tepublic ships_nying flags of conveniencé As seen here, the Nationalists of China cannot but object not would be dificult to requisition of the terna. of only to granting the agency the for the free world in time of and many
this is o trade the private
very agretment, right to hoist its national Dag war. "I think as the provision for an but also to giving tacit consent serious consideration, Parti- exchange of trade missions, as to any such action.
cularly in the matter of tankers implying some sort of recogni- "For, apart from political when we consider that in such With Spring bowing in, the tion by Japan of the Chinese aspects, trade can be conducted conditions the supply of oil Weather
Bureau rated
without hoisting Bags and it is would be one of our most vital the Communist regime. storm the worst this late in the
unnecessary for a private agency needs."
Lord Winster also noted that since the Falm Sunday
to display its 'national' fag.. year Mr Rankin asked: "Do you blizzard on March 29, 1942,
"In view of the critical rising costs kept British ship- the proposed integration of gents in the Commons,
in At least 10 persons died United
The Party had to provide the not regard it as a very serious with the Delta
The Chinese Nationalists ob- situation, which may seriously builders from getting as many attributed
the way the friendly relationships down and deputy speaker natter when a governor of the accidents
Sir
theviously hoped, by its drastic affect Kingdom so it must be as speaker
Alexander storm-United Press. of
uction, to force the Japanese between the Republic of China viously. He noted that Japan Grantham makes a devastating | Burned that Mr Mintoff's from its ranks, but its overall experience
later restored to attack on the Government for
Government to withhold ap-
and Japan, it is sincerely hoped led the world in new construc- blustering at the time was majority was
24 beenuse two Republient.
proval
the agreement that Japan would handle the tion and had tripled her output from
in the past few years.-United issue with utmost care and coz- nothing
than more
members refused to take their 11s sense of Irresponsibility in regard to the financial aspect of
privately made with Prking.
sideration."-United Press,
Press, political manoeuvre to force
seats
the refugee problem? Britain's hand.
Assurance
of gave the Union of the 52
11
THE Colonial Secretary, Mr
Northern Ireland is constitu tionally
of part
the United Kingdom, returning 12 members to the House of Commons London es
in
as having its
Lenox Boyd, undoubted on two-chamber legislature.
tu
ly pressed for na assurance Reuter. that the Maltese Govern- ment really desires strengthen the island's link, with the United King- dom, and that they under- stand that the
Hammarskjold
British Off To Russia
Government cannot guaran. tee to find a complete solu- tion to the problem of un- employment when the dock- yard, the main source
of
New York, Mar. 21.
Mr Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary- Gentral, leaves here by air to
employment, finally closes day for his postponed "work-
in three years' time.
ing visit to Moscow.
The
British Government Is
in
"Hongkong has spent dur- ing the period of the problem more than
10
THE NEXT
HK$300,000,000 PRESIDENT
which has restricted general
DRASTIC ACTION
A New York Times despatch from Tokyo said that disruption Tarwan of Japan's trade with cost one big Japanese company a peruting $500,000 contract for
reonomto and social develop OF TAIWAN electric generator parts.
ment in the Colony, Could
you see if you could not give
a little more hope than is
Washington, Mar. 20.
represented by the one million United States officials be. result of government policy, cat
sterling you mentioned"
Mr Lennox-Boyd replied: " Ald not recognise in your rather flamboyant language the
cual speech made by Sir
Alexander Grantham."-Itcuter.
Faculty Closed
Barcelona, Mar. 20.
of medicine
The faculty
been closed by the
01
"Private commercial setbacks of this sort, when they are a have Important political reper- lieve that Chen Chong, cussions here, as they may Vice-President of the affect the degree of support:
ay pro
Under Appeal
The case has been under appeal since then, The Court of Appeals upheld tha trial court and the US Supreme Court recently refused to re- view the case.
Kee WIZ .ordered yesterday to
render today,
sur
He was convicted of assisting in
the preparation of immigra= tion papers in, which Chinese nationals fraudulently claimed parents of US citizenship, thus tho enabling them to enter United States, Keo Wid charged with obtaining '$24,- 000 in two years by charging the Chinese from $200 to $400
He has been under $10,000 bail
since his conviction Press.
United
Foreign Asians Will Not Evacuate Sumatra Yet
Djakaria, Mar, 20.
Nationalist Chineso, would given the Government by blg EVERAL Asian diplomate in-
make a worthy successor business interests," the dispatch
to Generalissimo Chiang commented.
៥
senior
3.
Kai-shck if anything hap- Apart from direct trade poned to the Generalis- between Japan and Formoso, simo,
commercial
interests state Japan's department official said with other parts of Asia, where there are large Chinese com- in congressional testimony munilles, could be affected by He will stay in Stockholm
rotcased today.
a boycott in sympathy with the already providing substan- for one day, and leave for the the University of Bareciona has
He was Mr Walter Robertson, Nationalists-Reuter, Spanish tinl
towards Russion capital on Sunday, assistance capital development It is expected that the dead-authorities until further notice, Assistant-Secretary for the For
Addressing a communique signed
private by the East. disarmament problem order to create conditions locked favouring the introduction and the prospects for a summit Universtiy Flector announeed to meeting or the House of Repre
sentatives Foreign Affairs Cam- conference later this year will day.
Since students had been stay-mittee recently, Mr Robertson of new industry. But it is for the Maltese gure prominently In his Mos-
discussions with Soviet ing away from classes col- added that US officials had done Government and the people leaders.
lectively despite warnings pub-a great deal of thinking about to work out a long-term From Moscow he will to to listed last Saturday and Tues- what would happen development plan, and to London for a three-tlay official day, the faculty was closed until Nationalists after Chlong.
for a ministerial decision was made ocheduled make the best possible use visit which is
on the matter, the communique March 31-Router, of their own resources.
sald.-France-Presse.
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Airline Strike
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"If President Chiang would responsible for the deaths of 25 die denight, in my opinion there American babies over the last Is no question but that the pre-two months, sent Vice-President, Chen here today. The strike of pilots of the Chieng, would become Presi. bables died
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AIRLINER SKIDS OFF RUNWAY
New York, Mar. 20.
A Scandinavian Airlines four- enging DC-T carrying: 53 per- sons skidded off a runway to- night while taking off in a snowstorm. No one was in- jured.
Airport officials said the naso- ..wheel of the plane collapsed
before the plane left the tround. There was no fire szá the plane suffered little dam-
The
age.
43 passtugers
ten crew members aboard the plane, which was bound for Copenhagen and other Scan- dinavian points, left througła.
of
, AN' CIETYCnty door and weto brought back to the main air- port building by bus and station wegOK,
The plane skidded about half a mile and stepped'about 200 feet off the runway--United
From.
dicated today they had no plans to cvacuate their nationals from the troubled Sumairary areas, Indian, Pakistan and Ceyloncse sources said the situation wrs being watched, but so far there was nothing to show the position of their nationals was insecure.
India is estimated to have about nationals 20,000
Ilving in Indonesia, Eight thousand are believed to be living in Medan, the North Sumatran capital, where loyalist
Government troops claimed victory over insurgent
forces.
A small number of Indians are in Menndo, the also living
capital
of the
rebel-held
porting Central Sumatra's de- flant "Revolutionary Gover- ment of Indonesia."
Indian diplomatic
sources said
would make necessary North Celebes which is sup- Brrangements to evacuate its
nationals If they wishesă. He said there were difficultica in contacting Paldstani nationals
somia so far- flung regions but there was to no request from them leave the country, Pakistanis numbering several thousand throughout Indonesia are chicly centred in Medan with
In ftw
Central Sumatro,
in Djakarta "many of our nationals are domiciled in Indonesia for a long time and are well established in the community and their position probably is different from other foreigners," Tho sources sald the Indian Embassy would help It any request was received from its nationals, but this was not expected and there way formal evacuation plan. The Pakistan Embassy spokes- mon maid if the situation should worsen the Embassy
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