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No. 37025

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THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1958.

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British Budget Debate Continues

BILAX IN

DAKS

THE FARRES COMFORT IN ACTION TRUGSKRE

Whiteaways

HONGKONG

GERIE WILG'ON

Eccles: Cotton Restrictions Not Right

FRANCE'S political arcua Labour's Insular

is in greater turmoil to- day than it ever has been

In the past and thero aeume

to be no end the succes- alon of Cabinet crises,

When M. Felix Guillard's

Government was turned out! of office on Tuesday night; it was the twenty-fourth Calinot crinis and the twenty-sixth post-war government.

The Government motlon" enll- ed for resumption of direct negotiations with Tunisia In an effort to heal Franco- Tunisian relations which became unsettled following the bombing of a Tunisian border town.

No Easy Task

THE French President, M.

Policy Attacked

As Dangerous

London, Apr. 16.

The President of the Board of Trade, Sir David

Eccles, told the House of Commons today that the Government did not think it right to im- pose restrictions on imports into the United Kingdom of cotton cloth from India, Pakistan and Hongkong.

Speaking

in the reamed Import of goods from one Com- debate on the budget proposals manwealth country to another announced by Mr Derick can increase so fast and do so Heathcoat-Amory, Chancellor much damage to established in- Sir David dustry that it is in the interests difference of all of us to bring some order

coun- Into that unde,

of the kald

Exchequer,

Tone Coty, has now to better with wealth

search for a successor and in this he has no easy task as the political fuctions are so bitterly opposed to one another.

M. Jacques Sousicle is ro-

parted

be Arst on the

list of candidates, but from

tries und That wes foundation

toreism countries. recognised as the

of the Imperial Preference system.

"We must not tamper with that foundation," he said.

Sponsoring

all accounts it is unlikely Fu that reason the Govern- that he can rally sufficientment was sponsoring voluntary parliamentary support to agreements between the textile form a government.

Industries concerned.

M. Soustefle,

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wartime lieutenant of General Charles de Gaulle, well

aware of his shortcomings has alrently put the latter's

An essential step had been to explain to the Hongkong Industry the case for this ap- proach. That was now being done. The negotiations bad not yet been concluded.

He added he was hopeful, that

representatives

of

the

name forward as the logical the Lancashire industry would contender capable of lead-meet ing France out of the Indian and Pakistan industries

in London next month. political morasu.

Historic Call

TEARLY 18 years have

since General de

Gaulle's historie call to a beaten France to fight on and for the last five yenra he has maintained strict political silence.

This could well be General de Gaulle's second chance. to tako the stage us possible national Baviour and persuade French politi clans to accept his ideas of "strong" French regime headed by a chief of state with powers as sweeping AR those of the President of the United States.

Fear Return

Tu for this reason that

Imany foliticians for that

to

the General's return power would see him as an autocrat and the possibility

B

No Confidence Vote Demanded

London, Apr. 16,

The Opposition Becialist Party today demanded vate of no confidence in Harold Ministar Prime Macmillan's Connorvative Government over its econo- mic policios.

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Labour spokesman Harold Wilson told the House of Common that Chancellor of the Exchequer Darlak Heathcoat Amory presented a "little mouse" of a budget to meet

"des- Britain' perately-urgent situation.. The vote will come to. morrow night, The Govern- ment with a majority of more than 50 in the House, le certain to defeat the Boclolist motion of consuro. -United Prom.

Sir David opened by saying i

that he would set up that Labour's "Insular" Soclatist

right-wing dictatorship

that might touch off bloody fighting with the powerful

Communists.

to have

policy, with import and

*x-

change controls, would only

withi "Thin in the situation importa into the United King dom of ention cloth from In- dia, Pakistan and Hongkong. Sir Harold Wilson, Labour's chlef spokesman on economic affales, opened the resumed debote by urging the govern ment to "TOW off the rusty shackles" on East-West trade.

Full employment in Britain might depend on expanding this trade, he told the Hous!—

Keuler.

NEW BILL

TO AVERT HARDSHIP

The

London, Apr. 16. government today published

Landlord itu and Tenant Temporary Provisions) Bill designed to avert hardships under the controversial Rent Act,

The Rent Act raises rents and ends security for some 800,000 tenants some of whom face the possibility of eviction,

that

The new

blit provides the courts can suspend eviction nine for between three and months, and further postpone them for periods of six months at a time.

Currently,

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court

Can

|· suspend-on-eviction-for-only.. a month, or six weeks. The new bill is expected to be made law as quiddy as possible.--Reuter,

CLEARING THE SUEZ

London, Apr. 10.

Chamber The International

provoke resentment and retalia- of Shipping decided here to

HAVE YOU SOCIALISTS REGAIN DE GAULLE

¿sent in your, aceminulom

for

Hongkong's

CONTROL OF

Footballer Of MIDDLESEX COUNTY

The Year?

"If not, you live from

now onth Saturiṭay, -

May 3, to do so.

Turn to the Sporti

Pages for the nomination farin

London, Apr. 16.

The Labour Party in elections today recaptured control of the giant Middlesex County Council on London's fringe, which it lost to Conservatives in 1955.

A pronounced swing to the left in the county council elections throughout England and Wales over the past week was also emphasised by a big boost in Labour's where So. polls in the contest today for the parent London County Council cialists had a pre-election majority of 22.

Moroccan Govt Dissolved In

Cabinet Crisis

Rabat, Apr. 16.

King Mohammed V announced today the dissolu- tion of Morocco's Government and took im- mediate steps to resolve the crisis, the second since this country. became independent two years ago.

FOOTBALL PLAYER ARRESTED

Nice, Apr. 10. Monaco footballer Hasson Chabri was today charged with endangering the ex- ternal security of the State after he had been caught yesterday trying to ercas the border from France Inta. Italy.

Police said they believed that he was trying to join other North African foot. baliers who had reached Tunis after mass-desertions of North African footballers from their clubs two days Ago.___

Bo far five of about R dozen footballers who dia- appeared from their clubs have arrived tri Tunis, Other hava bean reported In Switzerland and italy-

Reuter.

Crippled

Singapore, Apr. 10. The Central Sumatran do claimed today that rebel anti-

tien overseas. It would expose day to recommend payments sircraft Are had crippled an Britain almost certainly to the of a three per cent surcharge Indonesian Air Force aircraft. The four of De Gaullo appears danger of the "incalculable on Suez Canul tolls to micet The aircraft had managed to

been one of the consequences. of main TERSONS which has devaluation." held the weak five-month- old coalition government of M. Gaillard together.

Draining Coffers

BANWHILE

Marian war is drain-

the

another the cost of clearing the canal- land at the Government alr provided they are reimbursed base at Medan, the Radló said. by their governments,

the Controls, suggested by Labour Party, would merely re- mind hoidera of sterling of the "Tallure that Socialism was last

time,

Break-up

The three per cent surcharge was decided upon by the United Nations last December,

-Reuter,

Cruelty

First results showed the Socialisis increasing majorities in previously held seats. They had also won dix seats from Conservative candidates,

Labour control of Middlesex Council, which administera locul government for much of the capital's western orca, was claimed. after the party bed mada 10 net Coins from Conservatives.

The London polling climaxed a week of elections for the 02 county counelis of England and Wales, which are totally re-

constituted every three years.

50 councils .over so far declared, Labour England and Wales as a whole

In polls for over

200

claimed net gabis of around seats and recapture of control of several councils, In- cluding Lancashire.

Rents Bill

Macmillan & Adenauer

Agree

London, Apr. 16. Prime Minister Harold Mac-

TO HEAD FRANCE ONCE MORE?

millan and West German General

Konrad **full

Chanceller Adenauer reached agreement" on East-West Issues including # pos- sible summit conference,

it was officially announced tonight,

The two statesmen plunged inta the first of three Bummit meetings highlighting a four-day oficial visit Adenauer to London.

Accompanied

a by

pre-

by

sznail

Cabinet miniatore bolonging 10

predominant Istiqlol the (Independence) Parly resigned last night In protest against

Tho county elections have number of ministers and off- Premier Si Bekkai's approval of focussed on the issue of high cials the two government chiefs an anti-Istiqlal manifesto of living costs and the Governmet for one-and-a-half hours Moroccan minority parties. ment's new renta b, which at No. 10 Downing Street, the នរ Bekkat sold today hemoans higher rents and an end British Prime Minister's Dicial tendered his resignation to the of security for 800,000 tenants. residence. King before the Istiqlal mint- Socialists claim 30,000 tenants in sters submitted theirs, He said the capital ore likely to be his approval of the anti-Istiqlal evicted under the act protest to the king had deprived

independent status, The present contests are the under which titic he had become opening phase of month-long Fremler.

municipal elections Involving a turnover of 25,000 seats in counells of all kinds throughout Immediately after--the-re-Bellain-Reuter. signations the king

him

DISBANDED

disbanded

of

an-

the remaining one-quarter the cabinet.

dis-

A Royal communique nouncing the cabinet's colution said the King had summoned political leaders to his palace tomorrow for talks on: "new-government.-

King Mobained earller had instructed the Foreign Minister, Ahmed Balatre), an Istiqlalist, to remain in Acera until the Conference was finished. Bale-

Spokesmen for the two dele- gations sold afterwards that they spent most of the time discussing East-West relations and that a "broad understand ing" between them was reached.

"Their views were very close together," the British spokes- man said.-United Press.

Russia Urged-To-

Accept. Suggestion

London, Apr. 15. control commission and moni- Selwyn Lloyd,

Paris, Apr. 16.

de Charles Gaulle's name was invoked tonight by his old wartime lieut- enant;

Rightist Jacques Soustelle, as the man to lead France out of her worst 'poli- tical crisis since World War IL M. Soustelle, 40, former

Governor-General Algeria, led last night's "get tough with Tunisia" attack in the National which felled Assembly Premier Felix Gaillard, 38, after five months in office.

Best Hope

Thus M, Soustello, by tra- dition, was expected to be the first politician to be named by President Coty to try to form a Government.

new

But Sousteile, stopped by Left-Wing enmity before

he had a chance to begin, told Gaullist Party

meeting

品

electoral

at

Lyons tonight that

General de Gaulle was

hope,

MForce Surety, the American territory and to the He demanded Pine-year

Pacific area. frej's name has been foremost laday urged Russia to accept

Mr

replied: "The Lloyd speculation on the appointment the west's suggestion that

British Government does not premler-United

technical experts should at consider that the question of once devise a nuclear test suspending muclear tests can be inspection system.

ni

Q new

Pressi,

CYRIOT STORE BLOWN UP

Nicosia, Apr. 10. A Cyprus Electricity Authori- ty store in Astromerilis Villaxe, 19 miles west Nicosia, was wrecked by several bomb ex- plosions tonight. The resulting fre.. destroyed property...worth £3,000.

dealt with in isolation in the manner you suggest."

Mr ZHlincus asked if Mr "Some day I am certato il will be nooded, he told the Lloyd clung to the principle of House of Commons in answer to a package deal. questions,

"Party truce" to give General de Gaulle

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chance to solve the North African problems which have sopped France's moral and economic strength for years. United Press,

London, Apr. 16. Mr Selwyn Lloyd, Foreign

Mr Lloyd sald It would be Mr Kon Zilliacus, Labour, Įmuch better to get a more com- | Secretary; and today I was agreement. The estimated thers, ware about 22 bad asked the Foreign Secretary prehensivo

divisions In: East to accept a Soviet offer mado question of nuclear texts, as the Soviet Uno

Mr Harold Germany and that the total by Mr V.A. Zorin, in the United Prime Minister, Nations Disarmament sub- Macmillan, had said yesterday, | strength of Soviet forces thero

could be usefully discussed at was about 850,000, committee on June 14.

the summit meeting "which we He was answering questions hope will tako placu rapidly:" in the House of Commona.---

Heuter. Reuter,

This, he said, urgod an agree ment banning Micicar tests and At Athalassa, near Nicosia, aproviding for a United Nations bomb exploded in the toilet of a police headquarters under construction, causing some damage.

A statement said the Cham-

London, Apr. 18. ber, "would, in view of the Britain's animal lovers pro- special circumstancES of the tested today against the planned situation, be prepared to reuse of chlimpanzees as the first

payment provided American space travellers. that this will not be regarded The Royal Society for Preven Another bomb enused exten-

The Opposition's pelley of commend lug France's government forcing up production in con- coffers and there is no endditions

employment of full in sight. At the same time would be a "signal to the worldments are fully reimbursed by dressed the protest to US Am-serving the Government Fores labour un rest 18 mani- to get out of sterling." It would the governments of those who bassader John fcating itself and the coun-risk a run on the pound and a make them."-Reuter, try is faced with a long break-up of the sterling urea, coal strike due to start next Monday.

as precedent and that the pay-tun of Cruelty to Animals ad- sive damage to a water pump

If this state of affairs con- tinues France will be con- fronted with the fact that virtual bankruptcy is in the offing and it might require A strong man to avert civil wor.

It is therefore not beyond the

to

United Press.

G. Whitney-try Department nursery

Athalassa. Reuter.

the HOW WILL NEGOTIATIONS START?

Sir David Eccles mid the Government stlached the greatest importance Commonwealth trado and conference ta bo economie held in Montreal in Erplem- ber.

"The preferential syslera has served us all well and ti

would be very unwise for the Commonwealth to give it up

ab

PRELIMINARY SUMMIT TALKS TODAY

Western Moscow, Apr, 16.

Latest

diplomatic elretes] Western reply to the

Government

On the very ove of the open- here suppose that the negotin- Soviet proposals han not satis-

or bargain it away," he said.ing of the proposed preliminary Lions will take the form of aed the Russian

to be attended as to how..the Western Powers The problem in the changing "summit" conference negotia-conferences bounds of possibility that circumstances of 1058 was to tlons the

three Western am- simultaneously by the three envisage starting acgotiations.

did not Western ambassadors and a At the moment the Russians General de Gaulle, with his find a new form of co-operation bassadors to Moscow acute sense of showman- which might be added to the know today how the negotia high-ranking official from the seem to be laying stress on an

tions, were to start.

Soviet Foreign Ministry eventual Foreign Ministers' con- ahip and timing, will break tariff preferences.

The ambassadors dild not possibly Foreign Minister, An- ference to decide upon a "rum- Sir David Eccles wald if tho

mil" conference agonda, The his self-imposed political Allance, and return to the Commonwealth desired to grow even know whether they would dres, Gromyke himself.

the Soviet On the other hand, the am- Western Fowers, on the other. "tomorrow, baasadors may be called in hand, consider that ambassadors Ministry arena with the backing of in strength and unlly they must be received at

buy each others goods. Britain Foreign the country if not with the must give a lead in keeping her although the Wostem Powers separately to give the view-should bear the burden of this full support of the parties market open,

have agreed that the preliminary points of their respective count, since foreign minister

appear all cannot leave their posts for He went on "Nevertheless, negotiations on a diplomatic irtos. This would which have brought France

can arise where the level should start then,

the... more likely, since the long--France-Premo, down to its present loval♪ situation

where

there's life

...there's

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