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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

PROGRESS

IN SEATO

EATO has becomo- the

bulwark which has en- abled countries protected thoroby to proceed in peaco with their programmes' of national devolopment.

The military threat in South-i east Asin has diminished a

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1958.

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NILAX IN

DAKS

THE FARIOUS CONSORT.. IN ACTION TROUSERS

Whiteaways

LSI UN GRONG 5. K/D# LOONA

RADIO-ACTIVE DUST THREATENS UK

Scientists Alerted

To Keep Watch

For Strontium 90

grent deal since the electris SOVIET NUCLEAR 'TESTS

tension when Sento was brought into being.

At that time-September 1964;

the world had just recog nised the Communist take over in North Vietnam and it was feared that this would whet the appetite of Communism for further expansion.

Tony, it in a different story as the formation of Sento

made it plain beyond doubt

that the Western Powers woald, if necessary, fuli their obligations under the United Nations Charter to repel aggression in the| region,

Deterrent Effect

TUIS, afirmation has had

the deterrent effect which was hoped for and Internationally

the Seato aren has been ene of relative quiet.

The communique

of tho

recent meeting notes that the Communist threat has changed its form; it is no longer direct military invasion, but one of sub- version from within.

The relatively calmer utmo- sphere is enabling Sento 10 concentrate on the pro- motion of social and econo- mic development and that is an excellent sign.

Military security is only one aspect of the regional or- ganisation. Promotion welfare-within the which has been made fair-

area:

ly safe from storms-is no lean important. It is aspect especially agreeable to contemplate.

During the past year comm

tries

covered by the Manila their

treaty have had at

disposal the sum of £250,-

000,000 to be used

for

economic purposes and the

bulk of this vist

tribution

con-

Came from the

United States.

Only One Part

NAPITAL is only one part

of the aid which richer countries сал glveless developed ones, Technical

ald is as important. America, Austrália,

France, New

Zealand and

Kingdom have united in

By CHAPMAN PINCHER

London, Apr. 8.

Waves of radio-active bomb dust have passed over

Britain in the last fortnight following nine nuclear explosions the Russians hurriedly carried out before announcing suspension of tests.

MISSILE BASES ON TAIWAN?

By RALPH HARRIS

Washington, Apr. 8. Defence

Department officials sold today that the US Joint Chiefs-of- Staff were examining pro posals to establish Inter-

Missile buses in the Far East.

Britain Watches US Recession

Mother Says

Over Child

To Postpone Driver Ran Main Budget

Until Autumn?

London, Apr. 8.

mediale Range Ballistic British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Heathcoat Amory, will postpone the announcement of new financial proposals for the fiscal year 1958-59 until the autumn, because of the pre- sent recession in the United States, political observers said here today.

This was officially admitted for the first line tonight by try leaders were considering

the Atomic Energy Anthority.

Huewell scientists analysed dust samples scooped up by high-ying RAF pinoes and detected a substantial increase in amount of radio-active iodine, the same atomic particle which contaminated milk after the Windscale nccident.

Settles On Britain

Scientists have now been alerted to keep watch to discover whether any strontium 90, the longer-lived and more dangerous type of atomic dust settles on British

· Hoil.

Extra collecting filters have been established.

An official of the Atomic Energy Authority said: "Sharp

t."

rise in radio-activity was not regarded as having any medical significance, but eureful watch will be kept.' -Express Service.

Russia To Resume A-Tests If.........

Berlin, Apr. 8.

Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in a note de- livered today to East Zone Premier Otto Grotewohl said the Soviet Union will have to resume atomie tests "in the interest of its own! security" unless the US and Great Britain agreed to suspend nuclear tests too. Khrushchev's note was delivered today to Grote

wohl by Soviet Ambassador to East Germany Mihail Pervakhin, the East Zone News Agency ADN said.-United Press.

BRITAIN APPROVES

IKE'S REPLY

TO KHRUSHCHEV

By JOSEPH W. GRIGG

London, Apr. 8.

the United Britain "fully approves" President Eisenhower's renewed appeal to the Soviets to halt produc- tion of nuclear weapons, authoritative British

yources said today,

offering help in various

schemes of technical train-

ing.

11:51

An especially interesting plan But the British Government was mooted and approved at wan "take ILS time about the Manila conference. It answering Soviet Premier Nikita to suspend was the proposal made by Khrushchev's offer

explosions, the Thailand and was for setting nuclear up a Scato graduate school scurces added.

unlikely, the of engineering at Bangkok. A reply is

Russia has An adequate Hupply of sources said, until

the West's joint engineers is one of the keys answered to economic development memorandum of April 1 propos- and several Seato members ng diplomatic falls in Moscow at once undertook to supply in the second funds to this school.

A Reward

BESIDES fostering econo

development Sento

half of April to be followed by a Foreign Minis- lers' conference tu pave the way 101 an East-West summit meeting.

NO HURRY

Khrushchev." The US

sit back

and.

answer

con-

the US viewpoint," an authoritative spokesman said. "It also was approved by other Nato countries."

time he fully refused to en- danger Britain's security by premature acceptence of the Soviet offor without proper safeguards.United Pres.

MAY VISIT ITALY

They declared that the mill-

several locations in the area but added that a request had not yet been submitted to any atlon whose territory the US might want to use.

The studies now under way at the Defence Department were described as part of the world- wide, long-range strategie plan- ring of the United States Emphasis was being placed on offsetting

the Soviet rocket

threat to western Europe and it was unlikely that proposals to deploy missiles in the Far East would be put into effect

for some time, It was sieled.

IN DUE COURSE

the

The customary April budget,

other hand, they of a on April 15.1 point out, the danger to be presented will be no more than a statement further

of Inflation outbreak of the position for the financial would result if these measures your ending on March 31, these were taken too hasilly.-France-

Pressc. observers predicted.

A secondary budget will be presented to Parilament during the autumn, they declared, by. which me the course of the American recession made clear,

Prediction

would be

It is pointed out that Pre- sident Eisenhower's predletion that seasonal factors would Mr Donald Quarles, thedimush American unemploy- deputy Secretary of Defence, meat during March did not in said in an interview, yesterday | fact matchialise, although the that "in due course we will cer rate of increase Was con-

On Purpose

Johannesburg, Apr. 8. A 43-year-old farmer was charged today with mur- dering a native child by reversing his car to run over her.

The mother of the child told a Court hearing that the farmer, John Hollend, of Cradock, Cape Pro- vince, presod her on a bridge while she Wha carrying her Fittle daugh. ter Annatjie on her back. The mother sald Holland dellborstely reversed the car and

over the Htle girl when she fall off ber mother's back. Holland then the mother and drove off, the Court was told. United Press.

ran

swore

UNEMPLOYED IN

LANCASHIRE WANT

COMPENSATION

Manchester, Apr, S.

tainly not overlook the pos- siderably lower than in recent Trade Union leaders in the cotton industry today. sibility of sending 1,500-mile

ballistic missiles to the Far East to protect Jopan or the South- East Aslan Treaty partners.

Defence Department officials refused to identify the For East locations under review, but

said diplomatic sources

they understood that Formosa and

Kores were being considered.

They said that placing inter- medicie zuge ballistic missiles In these two countries would reduce political and defence problems to a minimum.

that Formosa

They declared and Korca were close to the attack-they could be expected source of a potential Communist

to welcome the incressed pro- tection which the missiles would afford-and they had populations which would co-operate willing- ly in any missile bases agree- ment reached with the United States: Reuter.

US Getting Along

With Nasser

months.

At the same time, latest pro- duction figures from the motor and steel industries — generally regarded as the barometer of American economy showed a noticeable decline.

submitted a proposal to employers here for the

· payment of compensation to redundant work

crs.

The move followed a Jong period of declining trade in Lancashire

and

graduat

Brilish observers say that ex- pirts the Treasury are unable predict the end of the American recession.

elimination of mills. They em- phusise that any prolongation would call for extensive bud- clary..concessions. In addition to other Annncial and economic Measures.

ARGENTINE TO GET COMETS

was

London, Apr. 8. The Argentino is to become the first country in the Americas to operate a jet airliner servico, it statod hore tonight. The republic will do so with a fleet of British De Havilland Comet Four Jets flying to New York and London.

Rarnon

This was announced by Vice Commodere.

Murales, head of a purchasing commis slon for Argentine Airlines here

to buy six Comets.

About 250 mills have closed down in the past five years,

The trade unions have watch- ed this progress with

anxiety and have evolved the plan presented to employers today.

Details of the plan are being kept secret but it is understood 10 outline the main principles. on which the unions base their claim.

SUBMITTED

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Border Incident

Tunis, Apr. 8. The Tunisian Government an- today that French ounces. troops, supported by a military aircraft opened Are on Tunisian army security Patrol near the Algerlun border.

Diplomatic Mail Seized

In France

Paris, Apr. 8.

France has protested to the Tunisian Embassy here against "the despatch of

war

material from

Morocco destined for Algerian rebels and sent under the guise of diplo- - matic mail."

The protest followed a police check on two cases of radio equipment which arrived nt Nice Airport by afr from. Morocco and was to have left later by Air France for Tunis.

A Foreign Ministry communi- que tonight said the "war material" had been despatched by the Tunisian Embassy in Morocco addressed to the Foreign Ministry in Tunis,

DOCUMENTS

Pollee Arabic

said earlier that documents had been found in the cases including instructions for using the equip- inent and some referred to the outlawed Algerian National Liberation Front (F.L.N.)

(In Tunis, a communique from the Tunisian Government tonight sold It WIL "Puro fantasy to say that the radio, equipment was destined, for the Algerian insurgents.

(The communique said it was not the grst time French nu- thorities had intercepted goods consigned the Tunisiars Foreign Ministry. It added that had French police at Nice

by. viointed-diplomatic-rights delaining for several hours ais Attache from Morocco who was aboard the aircraft carrying the cases.)-Reuter.

Population

Tokyo, Apr. 9. Tokyo's

of population us March this year stood at 0,022,319, un increase of 12,438 Tunisian Information Depart-

A tommunique Issued by the from February 1, the Metropoll- tan Statistics Bureau announced ment said no victims or damage today.

The number also was were reported in the attack which took place yesterday, near| increase of 287,042 during the In Algeria. one year from March 1, 1057.---- Roum Es Souk France-Presse.

United Press,

ORDERLY DEMONSTRATION

The proposal was submitted 10 representatives of the Master Federation and the Spleners Cotton Manufacturer Associa tion in Manchester today by

of three groups leaders unlons.

These groups are the Opera- tivo Spinner Amalgamation,

Valetta, Apr. 8. The Cardroom Workers Amal-For the second night in succes- gomation and the Northern

alon supporters of Mr Dum Counties Textilo

Trader

Minton's "Integration or in- Federation,

dependence" polley for Malta paraded through, the mala thoroughfare of Valetta to night, carrying placards and

shouting slogans.

em-

After the conference, Mr C. Henniker - Heaton, Director of and some time must necessarily the Master Spinners Federation, elapse before a reply could be on behalf of the given ployers.

Much research, he added, would be needed before the owners could formulate own counter proposals but

Indicated that

would scheme as put forward

Washington, Apr. 8. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, at his news conference today, said that as far as he was aware

A £10 million contract for the United States Govern- the 65 passenger airliners is to ment is getting along be signed in Buenos Aires this l with President Gamal month. It will be paid for in a period of five Abdel Nasser of the sterling over

years. Ileuter. United-Arab-Republic.-

The Sccreery was asked to comment on recent criticlan that United States policy to- ward Nassr had lacked direc tion. Thus view has been ex- pressed in diplomatie drcles, by some members of Congress and

RECOGNISES STRIKE

Govan, Apr. 8.

Rome, Apr. 8. - Well-informed Italian, sources sald today it was possible that Queen Elizabeth of England would visit italy, following next month's official visit to Britain trying to block the spread of turn today when the 'National by President Gronchl

in some US newspaper editorials,

A two-week-old strike by 40 Dulles was asked about this i

United (foundry workers at a Scottish criticism that the

of either shipyard took o State has a choice

mote serious

their he

tho

by sympathetically considered. -Reuter.

EOKA Calls For General

Strike

Nicosia, Apr. 0.

Nusser's influence in the Mid- Union of Foundry Workers nc-

The Cypriot Eola novement These sources suld that dle East or to try to get along corded it official recognition. President Gronich might Invite with him but that right now

The Foundry Workers of the for union with Greece has call- the Queen to Italy during the the

United Smeg is doing Harland and Wolff Shipyard for a 24-hour general strike course of his vialt, wideh lusts (either one nor the other.

were striking in protest against throughout the island from May 13 to 18.

Dulles gave

one sentence the projected dismissal of 80 Thursday, in leafleto distributed

today. reply. He said that as far as employees. The firm refused to

The strike will be Intended he was aware, the United States consider a suggestion that the

so a protest against the con- is getting along with Nasser, whole firm should go on short tinued detention of Cypriot whom

At the same time, it was pointed out that the announce inent of such a visit would first be made, in London.-France- Presse,

As far as we are concerned," is becoming a centro for one vitish Government source

cultural promoting

ex-soid, "we shall changes and these cultural wait for a Soviet reply to the Activities aro to be very Western memorandum. We are much extended in the coming in no great hurry to of the year. This is another

-Britain and rowards of greater security. fured, the sources said, be-

Elsenhower's letter It Is fascinating to speculate fore

on what Seata will develop Khrushchev was dispatched.

"We fully approved it and it into it the world should

well become more peaceable and represents the British as the economic and cultural Bidės of Sesto can further enlarged. The nature of really virile and

Britain's own position was vital political institutions is

made public by Prime Minis- that they tuko life of their ter Harold Macmillan in own and develop by their Commons statement on April 1. The

In this Macmillan said the inner principle own growth.

West long has been anxious to negotiato

East-West dis- This is what appears to be

happening with Seato, Normament agreement, of which

suspensica of nuclear body foresaw this in the

"Lider proper conditions" would days of alarm when it was

form part

the 011 Macmillant enlled -founded; but its original

Soviets to discuss this whole sponsors built duringly than they probably comprehended.

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