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A articles in Funch is a

sardonic five page plece Learning to be a Second Class Power. Much of it is .factious.

"almost every- body must use the rank of colonel or count, to make both the Army and the Aristocracy look ridiculous," But much also presents in inverted form far too much of the serious polllicul thinking of far too many. For instance: "Second Clans Powers are not ashamed of being poor, of being too poor to shoulder the white man's burden or to compete with first-class powers in pro viding aid for uncommitted countries."

Heavy Drain

T this time one need only

A look to Britain's

own

responsibilities to find the heavy drain upon her re- sources of places such as Сургия, Malta and the islandy fuming Caribbean.

of

J. Im Germ

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No. 37023

Established 1845

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1958.

Price 20 Cents

Unemployment Figures In Great Britain

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THE FARDUS KOMPOTET IN ACTION TROUSERS

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HONGKONG

THOD WILD ON

DID BRITAIN

EXPLODE AN

REACHES FIVE-YEAR HIGH UNDETECTED

Textile Industry HAVE YOU

Among Hardest

Hit By Recession

London, Apr. 15.

The Government announced today-budget morn- ing the highest level of unemployment for more than five years.

Figures issued by the Ministry of Labour showed there unemployed in were 433,000 persons registered as Great Britain on the latest cheek dute March 17.

Of these, 396,000 were wholly unemployed and the re-

maining 37,000 temporarily stopped from work. Increased By 9,000

The total of unemployed, the Ministry said, had increased

by 9,000 since February 17.

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FIVE MONTHS IN OUTER SPACE

Rioting

Sputnik II Makes Convicts

A Fiery Return To Earth

Moscow, Apr. 14.

Russia tonight officially announced the

end of Sputnik II.

REBEL FRONT IN SUMATRA IN

the Britain had not had so many unemployed since January DISORDER:

1953 when the total was 452,000.

What Britain'a naval position The Ministry added that the unemployed last month

may be in the Mediterranena

in somo years' time it is difeult to say. Part of the answer may lie in England's Hucces in harnessing the atom and freeing itself from her dangerous and over- extunded umbilical cord of oll lines from the Middle East.

Oil there must be. lis ii- dustrial by-products, ke those of coal. insure its

future value.

But Britain

would certainly bo more solyent and more secure if sho were once Again an exporter, not an importer, of power.

Possibilities

PA Mediterranean

》ART of our answer in the must

In

All

totalled about two per cent of the estimated number of employees.

February it had been 1.9 per cent and in March last

year 1.7 per cent.

There were 186,000 persons who had been unemployed for more than eight weeks-47 per cent of the wholly unemployed total.

Civil Employment

During February, said the Ministry, the numbers in civil

employment fell by 36,000 to 23,057,000.

There were reductions in most sections of the economy, the largest being in engineering, distribution and textiles.

Slight increases occurred on building and contracting, pro- fessional services, the food, drink and tobacco trudea and in local Government service.-Reuter.

depend on our need; part on the political possibilities of the situation. Few in Britain could have felt co- pletely happy about the inclusion of intolerant and backward Malis.

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integral part of the British Isles; unit it wems now that thoir totul independence is proferable and likely to come sooner or later.

As for Cyprus--a_land - from St Paul's day famous for wizards, subilety. guile—Britain has no choice but to soldier on with great cost and little sympathy till moderation and exnúperation mature and find their own way out.

In the West Indies the problem is almost as acute. In the Paradise Islands the truly "idio rich" who have holed up with their hoards to escape income tax present an explosive contrast with some of this world's lowest depths of poverty.

Little Problem

WHAT will the thoughts of

Wthe woroubly the Britton

Africa presents

US Industrial

Production

Hits New Low

Washington, Apr. 14.

Industrial production in March declined to the lowest point since the 1954 recession, the Federal Reserve reported today.

GOVT

Singapore, Apr. 14. the rebel front in Sumatra was in a state of disorder, following attacks launched upon it yesterday, Medan Radio said today.

The rebel-held radio station at Manado in North Celebes after a Government bombing raid last month. -W. L. Scet:

The radio sold it was expect- ed most of Tapunull district would be in government hands within the next few days "as the rebel troops "be lost their morate, and are unable to meet our forces."

Medan Radio sald 'the attack on Tapanul hitherto neutral district invaded by government troops three days ago — was

being directed by the military commander of Northern Suma-

tra, Lieutenant-Colonci Djamin Gintings.

Government arivances today with no opposition, the STRONG POINTS

The rate of decline from February to Murch was alightly | met

lower than the rate from January to February, how-radio said.

ever.

Industrial production in March, mensured by the Federal Reserve seasonally adjusted index, was 128 per cent of the 1947-49 average. This was 12 per cent below level of March 1957.

The index rate in February was 130.

Edge Downward

The last time the industrial production index dropped to

128 was in November, 1954,

The production in March of durable as well as non-durable goods, continued to "edge downward," according to the Federal Reserve. But the decline in durable goods

industries was at a slower rate than in other recent months.

This generally followed the pattern of the national

economy in March.

Industrial production, employment, incomes and retail sales declined and unemployment ruse again, but the. changes were not as large as in February.-United Press,

bridges.

WEST POINT

GENERAL DOWN-GRADED

B.

Washington, Apr. 14. Major-General

John Ackerman, rocently re- lieved of his Philippines Command for poor judg- mont and extravagant living at Government exponse, has been given a reprimand and reduced in grade, the announced today. The 48-year-old West Point

the

A statement Issued by the official Tass agency sald the satellite entered the atmosphere and disintegrated over southwest Atlantle this morning, It sald the satellite, launched on November 3 with the "space dog Laika on board, had since circled the earth 2,370 tanes, covering more than 02 million Talles.

Scattered

It appeared to have scattered debris along its route over lesser Antilles Islands, Brazil

the

and the Allantle as it plunged to destruction early today.

Set Fire To Shop

Concord, Mass., Apr. 14, Rioting convicts set fire to a furniture-making shop at Concord Reformatory to duy.

Four prison em- ployees, including throo guards; were injured, ono Barlously.

Eighteen prisoners, including trouble makers" transferred cartier this year from another prison, were placed under "close custody after the fire was brought under control, Close custody is equivalent to solitary confinement.

Lin

The warden, Edward Crep- nan,

the Fald

Are started the lacquer shop of the furniture building after a fight involving inmates and guards

DIVERSIONARY

•

The cause of the fight was not (Eye-witness reports from the known but it stato correction: Caribbean Islands spoke of the official said the melce may have falling, Sputnik as an cgg-been a diversionary tactle while shaped comet, a quarter the size other convlets set fire to the of the full moon, trailing a building. triangular tail of hundreds of Flames, feeding on the highly glittering store),

volatile requer, burst with

Until Tonight's Tass announce- | explosions through the twa- ment... Soviet scientists were storey brick framo........ furniture continuing to keep a watch for shop, one of several buildings the dying satellite, and Dr clustered together in the cast Bronstein, head of Moscow | wing. Planetarium, sald he thought il The furniture shop was totally was likely to have a day or two demolished and Warden Grennan more le yet.

sold damage would total "thousands ond thousands of dollars-United Press.

Tass

Naked Eye

noted

that Sputnik'o orbit was such that it had flown several times over all the carth's centres of population, und sold its large size made it possible for everyone on Earth to see it! with the naked eye.

Moscow Radlo, broadcasting the Tars announcement later, added that it had been used to study geophysical problems and that Lalka's presence on board "made it possible to investigate the behaviour of a live or Banism under conditions of cosmle fight.”

material

It paid tribute to "valuable contributed. by numerous foreign observers" of the Sputnik.--Reuter,

RAPACKI

PLAN

Air Force REJECTED

Sun

It said suspected rebol strong points hatt been shelled. The rebels. had destroyed some

Government graduate will be re-assigned to The Indonesian has announced that it is invad- the Air Force Security Service ing Tapanuli which adjoinst Kelly Air Force Base,

| Antonio, Texas, rebel territory for the "pro-

Air Force Chief-of-Staff Gen- tection" of the district. The eral Thomas D. White sak at Central Sumatran rebels claim

the time that Ackerman had iroops in Tapanuli have gone used "poor judgment? In spend- over to them.

Ing Government money "för his personal prestige and comfort.

In announcing the results of

Paris. Apr. 14. The seven-nation. Western European Union's de- fence and armaments committed tonight roject. ed as a "political trap" the Polish Rapacki plan for atom free zone in Central Europe.

an

Voting in the commillee was

Medan Radio said that in fighting in Tapanuli today, Gov. military trucks, and a number of General White said that Acker-resolution submitted by ernment troops had captureti a a roview of the case today, 11 to 4 in favour of a draft

now Sten guns,ficuter.

London, Apr. 14. Mr Ann Lennox-Boyd, British Colonial Secretary, arrived back in London from the Bahamas day and dashed off at once to a meeting of Reuter

Mr

The draft resolution express-

man has been reduced 102

Frans Goedhart, Dutch 50- numbers to the bottom of temporary Major-General pro- callat member of Parliament, motion lat. He said the officer ed an opinion on the military

as piso recolved a "written Edmonton for failing to meet implications for the security of Air Force standards of a senior the West of plans for regienst

ministers canmander

United Press.

in the

Haitian Diplomat Shoots Countryman

Washington, Apr. 14. First Secretary

the

Washington Embassy

field."

In

or. Imited disarmament 'and of a policy of disengagements in Central Europe.

A request for such an opinion had been made by the consulta- tive assembly of the 15-nailon Council of Europe, to whom the resolution will now be submitted at its pession in Strasbourg from, April 28 to May 3.

Bald plan

Diefenbaker be newly awept to a. landslide victory by Canada's volo of con- fidence in the Commun wealth when he looks about him on holiday in Bermuda 7 too little problem. This continent, traditional home of slavery and cradle of slaves, is a

he believed Toussaint fired three slow boller. Any other land

ahola into the Minister Coun-

The draft resolution or people would have boiled

Haitian Embassy today re-

tellar's neck ami chest.

odoption of the Rapacki over long ago. But boil

ceived orders to return home,

Although the Embassy is co would "while offering no com- day sho will, and walked into the adjoining office

"foreign". Haitian soll, Ampensating advantages, gravely Britala is likely to be closest and shot and killed

bassador, Lue Fouche called endanger the occurity of the when the Inva begins to Embassy's Minister Cocusellor,

Washington Vieux, was shot in the neck/ Embassy aides said there hodin

to WetRouter. police The Secretary, flow.

Co Andre Tous and chest. Rushed the been ill-feeling" between Tous- | handle the investigation Drey- sint, was being questioned by Washington Hospital Centre, he saint and de Vieux for some fuss said Fouche had consulted Who is to pay the price? Can police amid reporta he might be was pronounced dead on arrival, time and the Firat Secretary with the State Department on Police inspector Aubrey Tol- apparently believed the Minister tho possibility of returning England and Englishmen be taken back to Halli under arm

son said Toussaint admitted Counsellor was responsible for Toussaint to Haithunder guard. expected still "to do their cd guard for trial there.

Toussaint, 30, was married to killing de Vieux in "resent his recall to Hall. Punch duty", or is. Mr.

only last men!" over his recali to Halti. Hoger Dreyfuss, the Second State Department (spokesman indoors at Windsor Castle for A perhaps expressing a deep an American giri

Saturday. It was not known The shooting pocurred in the Secretary,

said

Toussaint Lincoln White sakd' Toussaint socond day today with alight; down wishful thinking when immediately whether this had three-storey, light brick Em-received" "his recall telegram has diplomatic immunity and cold. he sings: "Only the im- anything to do with his recall. bargy building on the corner sbout 1500 GMT and immediate would be prosecuted by the US Princess Anna, his sinčer, potont but gay can hopp to

victim, 69-year-old} of 17th and Webster Streets in ly walked into de Vieux'a ad- ¦ only 12 Hall waivod" jurisdic-| went riding in Windsor Great face the world today." - Minister Counsellor Samuel 'del northwest Washington,

joining first foor office."He midi tion-United Press,

Park without blin/Router.

BUNIC

the

Prince Charles

Windsor, Apr, 14. Prince Charles, nine-year-old heir to the throne, remained

TO VISIT FESTIVAL

Stratford, Ontario, Apr. 14, Princess Manzanet will

visit Stratford the

Shakespearean Festival here on July 31, during her visit to Canadá later this year, the Festival authorities announced today.

ATOM BOMB?

A

New York, 14.

columnist in the New

York Post said today that Britain had set off an undetected nuclear explosion by dropping a small atomic bomb from a plane and exploding it at a height of more than 40,000 feet. The

columnist, Roberts Allen, said In his article; "There has been one known 'undetecte d' nuclear explosion. It was a deliberate test for this purpose by the Bri- Lish, during their series naclear shots at Christmas Island in the south Pacific last year.

of

40,000 Feet.

"In this 'undetected' explo- sion a small atomic bomb with a destructive power of less than a kiloton (1,000 tons of TNT) was dropped from a jet plane and detonated at a height of more than 40,000 feel.

"The explosion was not de- tected 500 miles beyond the point of detonation. Neither the United States, the * British, ́ ́ ́nör "the Japanese detection sys- tems picked up this shot, That experiment was be-

hind

Minister Prime (Harold) Macmillan's re- cent cryptic declaration that fundetectable' nuclear explosions are possible," the columnist said. The newspaper did not dis

close the source of its in- formation.~ China

Mall Special.

Budget Visit

She will allend a command

London, Apr. 14. performance of Shakespeare's

Queen Elizabeth tonight re- The Winter's Tale" in the

ceived the Chancellor of the

Mr evening,

Exchequer,

Derick In the afternoon, a special Heathcoat-Amory, in audience jazz conceit will be presented Prinecas for the

by Duke at Windsor Castle. his Ellington and

orchestra. The Chancellor was making

traditional It is reported that Ellington | the

eve-of-the- plans to write a new composition budget visit to Leil her for the concert.--Reuter;

budget proposals-Reuter.

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