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CHINA MAIL
GILMANS GLOUCESTER ARCADR
No. 37092
COMMENT: OF
THE DAY
Ceylon Unrest
THE Tami minority in
Ceylan is demanding the establishment of- an inde- pendent state following the savage communal violence which has ravaged the islnad
recent weeks. And although their request to the Queen sinds no chance of being accepted by the Gop crament, it illustraten th profound discontent with which the Tamils view | their Future under
administration which linu ruled with nothing like the reasonableness and
dence predecessors,
Ceylon's
confi-
their liberal
Katablished 1845
FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1958.
Price 20 Cents
RELAX IN
DAKS
THE FAMOUS COMFDNY ER ACTION TVLAKE WHOLE
Whiteaways
VHONGKONGED-KOLD-D_N
Threat To Drop A-Bomb Off British Coast LETTER EXTRAORDINARY
Soviet Embassy Hands In
Alleged
U.S. Flyer's
Message To Foreign Office
London, July 3.
IT WILL
NEVER, NEVER BE THE SAME
Оде
London, July 3.
of the tourist sights of London will never seem quite the spine again, for it moved -and worse, 'It spoke.
The Soviet Embassy today turned over to the Foreign Office a lotter allegedly sent by a United States pilot stationed in Britain, in which the pilot threatened to drop an atomic bomb somewhere in the North Sea near the British coast. spokesman for Tass, the Soviet news agency, acting on the authority The
of the Soviet Embassy in London, said a Russian, official handed in to the Foreign Office an anonymous letter containing the threat,
A
The letter, purporting to bej
The Jeter added: "Dulles and secret information we know to
arh a prsti to! from an American pilot station- Nato have turned their backs your inteligence service."
an
communal problem reaches back deep Into the past and although it may | nover be eradicated, it has been, under strong govern ment in the past, contained and can be again, though the leadership of the present, government. has not given any indication that they are! th it and paper
ad In Britain, sald the plot and apply
Mr Bandaranaike's aggressive his crew proposed to drop
Catemle omab during a routine Measures to deal with the fight, the Tass spokesman sald. forment have lieen directed: The bemh was supposed to be less against this principal- dropped during the fight at ly responsible for the pro- some point in the North Seu not voention the Sinhalese ex very fur from the coast of Eat tremists-th their prin- land,“
victims. cipal
Fifty-six Tamil traders, including right members of parlia ment are still under house arrest.
Unsuccessful
TH
I Can Help
The letter, signed "very truly 1yours, W. was addressed to Mr Jakob Malik, the Soviet Am- bassador in London.
1 said: "1 can help your country a great deal und It's my arm intention to do so £QUN.
NHIS has incensed the "Enough water has passed Tamil population and the under the bridge and it's time Governmently assumption of is met.** dictatorial emergency powere
STATE
to combat the unrest has antagonised liberal opinion in the country. Newspapers
from have been prevented commenting on the situation and reports on proceedings in Parliament, now largely shorn of Tamil opposition.f have been restricted to an The omejal daily summary,
In this atmosphere there has been naturally little oppor- tunity for cool and elenr thinking on the issues which beset the country. To give
their full rights.
Intimidation
A
be the good will extended to i them by the Russian leaders,
"Dulles will have to be freed to accept that good will."
The writer added that his target would be far enough off the east of England so that people won't be
to
MINY "killed."
"Our D-day will be someilme after July 1," he added.
Rofuge
"eight":" the mounted sentries on ceremonial guard in Horseguards Parade,
on
the heart of London, Every visitor to London goes to
ace them. They are a "must. Yesterday it was the crack Life Guarda who were on duty-- their
und helrgels
breast- plates glistening, their scarlet tunics and while breeches apolless. that Soviet Inten tions were good and that sooner or later capitalism would perish, even if not as quickly as Soviet leaders pretended.
The author of the letter said he could not say that he agreed with everything that was done in the Soviet Union. However, he was contain
The letter said: "May this one bomb stop those persons who want to drop hundreds of them.”
After asking for refuge in the U.S.S.R. the letter continued: "In addition we are counting on According to the letter: "Of receiving financial ald for the course, it will be up to you to rest of our lives, frankly speak- provide
anding that latter point was the a refuge for me my crew, all of whom have declding argument for several agreed to together with of my companiona." me....
"It is understood, of course, that we will reveal all the
urt
DEPARTMENT ATTACKS MALIK
A
Washington, July 3. · Stato
accused the Soviet Department tonight Ambassador in London Mr Jacob Malik of
in releasing an "particularly irresponsibla move" alleged lettor in which an anonymous United States airman was said to have threatened to have dropped
an atom bomb off the coast of Britain.
the letter would be Fighters were capable of carry- with Scorn," and ing bombs, but they were manned arly by one person and it would
Near Leningrad
The letter concluded, "We wil
fly across your border somusi
Americans
a party of tourists- Americans, of course with a Up came
gulde, who started to tell the spell-bound visitors of the and history of the ceremony something about the men who mount the guard. Their disciple, he said, is the stiffest in the world, and when they are on duty they never move, and never, never speelt.
Then it happened,
The sentry they were standing before advanced his horse n pace, lowered his sword from hid shoulder (this man who "nover moves) and said (this
where hear Legingrad and go. † - man who esover speało) quite
in touch with your radio stations
as soon as we will have ap- proached the boundary,
that you "I request
warn your AAF, not to open fire on us and let us know where we can land."
Addressing himself to Malik, of the letter sald the author "Hoping to see either you of one of your friends in Russla In the near future, Very Truly Yourg,"
with The letter was signed the letter "g".
Envelope
Together with the phalostat
wns
it its due, the Ceylon Gov- The State Department spokes, used for nighfer planes. ernment has followed tta man sald
of the letter, the Soviet Embos- recognition of Sinhalere as "trented
sy released a photostat of the the official language with the odded:
"It is a new and particularly be impossible for an individual envelope in which it was said promise of a bill to intro- duce the "reasonable use of sponsible move in the cam-in deliver such a weapon, he to have been malied.
the Soviet Union sald.
It posted from Ipswich, in the Tamil," but against this is Baixo which
launched with its recent charges "Our proczutions are so de-county of Suffolk, on June 28, the fact that the Govern in the United Nations Security signed as to prevent a person The U.S. has an airbase at mont has to date been any-Comell about alleged fights of from doing such a thing," he Soulthorpe in Suffolk.
in American military aircraft tonaided.
The postmark on the envelope thing but successful
The nearest bomber base to was timed at 0915. ensuring the Tamil people wards the Soviet Union."
Official Americon #ources Ipswich is at Soulthorpe. In
The letter contained
several said they believed the letter was Norfolk, the spokesman gald. He
errors in punctuation and spell- designed to spread prule among refused, for reasons of security ing-boundary
spelled to state if the crew of a bomber | "bendry," for example the the British population.
could drop a liomb if it wished hyphenation of several
words The State Deparment spokes to do so,
But they were was incorrect, CCUSATIONS have been man said that in recent months The Foreign Oflce spokesman,
not unusual errors. made in Parliament in the Soviet propagands.s bad dis- having announced earlier that Just four days that Sinhalese iributed live apocryphal thu-
discredit thevesligated, have intimidated the Tamil ments aimed to
tcomment, minority by threats of force United States with its allies.
informed an Americany Air and by calling on people not
spokesman sald the Air believed the British authorities ter come at mid-day today when to speak Tamil or associate
concerned with Mr Malik mentioned at a lunch given by the Palernosters with them. There has been Force was sure that the unony-would be mure
of book for Club, an organisation talk of an "organised venous letter was "not genuine." Investigating student netivities ist
Cambridge, The U.S. Einbassy in London Oxford and dette" and allegations have also described it as "fake",
evidence of the hand of a prac-publishers and editors.
All speeches at the Club's been made that two Tamil The only American airfields tical joker, than with the ac-
luncheons are traditionally off- districts
American have been under in the vicinity of Ipswich, where tivities of
the-record but Malik agrood. -Reuter and France-Presse "military occupation." Fur- the letter had been malled, were
upon request by newsmen, make copies of it public to- night.
In his speech, Malik said the United States was keeping planes in the air "24 hours. day, loaded with atom bombe," -All agencies.
ther recusations are that
Tamil MPs have been un-
able to influenço legislation
and had no share or voice
in the Government.
True
n Tamil was minister
L
In the previous government,
In London Folce
matter was being
refused further
in-
sources
24 Hours A Day The first report by the
ur
clearly: "You're a lnr." It Was True
The
When the-story-got-around-fow Brilons could believe it--but this afternoon the War Office confessed, that it was truc,
sentry's commanding Lentenant-Colonel, Officer, the Marquis Douro, Jumped to his defence and becauso of "extenuating circum-
be
ot
stances," no action will taken against the sight London who moved and spoke.China Mail Special.
Hongkong "Con" Men
At Work?
Slugapore, July 4.
Not Sure Now That
It Was An Iceberg
New York, July 3.
11W
A Pan-Amertean airlines" navi-
who. rator
what he thought to be a giant lceberg floating about 200 miles south- west of Ireland, told reporters here tonight that he was not sure now that it was an lec- borg and he had corrected his official report accordingly. The icebery sighting was reported today by the plot of the aircraft, Captain Raymond Fopp, who sent out an in- mediate radio warning from his plane, Captain Fopp said in New York tonight that ho bad not seen the feeberg himself, but had been notified of it by his navigator.
Wavos Breaking
in
The navigator, Mr Marlin Berger, who has been flying with Fan American airlines for three years, said the plane, a DC-4, was flying at about 8,000 The Straits Times ud Singa-feet when he saw in the sea pore and Malayan Police were below a large mars whilet: ap- Uurce Investigating reports that four peared to be made up of Hongkong confidence tricks-objects one large and two small.
mass was light green ters were swindling Malayan The
colour and almost submerged. businessmen.
"'I could SCO 10 waves The Times said the four were believed to have got away with breaking over it," he said.
"It was about 700 miles out about thousands of Strails dollars
cight o'clock in the morning, mahjong.
"The largest of the three WAS roughly oval, objects
reguler, and about 300 to 400 yards in area.
of Shannon and it was said they lars that they had such a te-
fiers.
In Tomorrow's China Mail
but he now alta as an indeTWO exciting new scrink make their first appear.
pendent.
In
+
A
the Interesta of restoration of calm and peace in the island, the Premier must take into ac
of count the long list Complaints which the Tamil representatives have put before him. To ignore
* them would be dangerous. It would also condemn Ceylon to a further period
tension of
and possibly
Borious trouble.
Mr Bandaranniko also needs to keep a tighter rein on tho hotheads in the Sinhalese community. To allow them influence to contique policy would amount to an admission of serious fallure
by
government which has
a duty to respect the rights
and provide for the pro-
community,
tection of all people in the
ances in tomorrow's big, feature-packed issue of the China Mail:
The Itar Johnstone Story," written by the great Jockey himself, tells with brutal honesty ALL the facts beblad the sport of horse-racing. The author, on his retirement, has written one of the hottest books over to come out of the race traclis. IIe-relates the big-time bribery that goes on behind the scenes, gives his views on all aspects of the "sport of kings" and tells of kis most memorable moments on the race track.
Ian Fleming, laiented writer of taut thrillers, has 'com. pleted his latest and best book "Dr No" the first chapter of which will begin tomorrow.
Clemens Forell, the German ex-paratrooper' who "Walked 8,000 Miles to Freedom" after escaping from a Russian prison camp in Siberia, brings his story to an exciting climax xa ha tell of the last obstacles in his amazing journey bomo la Munich. Also in the jumbo-sized weekend Mail are:
"Ebb Tide" a short story by David T. K. Wong;
Show Business— a full page of inride stories of film- dom by top reporters in Hollywood and Britain;
Let's Take Hongkong's Word by R. W. Thompson of the longkong University.
You'll find many siber interesting features for your wockend reading pleasure, including all your favourite comics and cartoon, Take home a China Mžall tomorrow.
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AL
teani
The paper said the operated by attracting a wealthy Maloyan, and persuading him that one of the four was stupid and rich,
"I couldn't say definitely that į The Malayan was inveigled into an attempt to "cheat" the it was an iceberg and I have fourth man at mahjong, and corrected my first report." then had his
own money won away from him.-Reuter.
Double Size Empire
Liu Shao-chi GamesStamps
Joins
The Workers
the
London, July 3. Empire
Router.
Bid To Derail Train In Malaya
Ipoh, July 4. Communist terrorists yester. day tried to detall a north- bound night mail train, about four miles from Sungkai, South Peralt.
They removed dishplates and Three special
and spikes on the tracks about ten Commonwealth Games alamps yards around a curve.
which will be on sale for
Suspleien was aroused when several months from July 18 railway ganger reported four will be twice the size of the armed and uniformed men had normal stamp.
robbed him of his hammer and is of different design spanners,
Each
Peking, July 3. Liu Shao-chi, Chairman of the
of Standing Committee
and all reflect the fact that the This is the first terrorist al- National Peoples Congress, today Games are being held in Wales. tempt at derailment in Perak in joined the 2,700 workers who are
The violet threepenny stamp the last two years.—Ncuter. helping to build the extensions shows a large Welsh dragon to the Shih-ching-aba fron and linketi
portrait of the. steel plant, the Now China News | Queen, Agency reported.
to
The purple sixpenny stamp Ho arrived at the construction shows
0
flag bearing the
emblem surmounted by welsh dragen.
Offer Refused
London, July. 4. London transport in Joint
site in the afternoon and set to Queen's portrait and the Games talks with union leaders yester- work in the blazing sun, efter Inspecting the location of the projected extensions, and con tinued working 1ill he left at duals.
the day refused to improve on their wages offer for 14,000 outer The green one chilling and London. busmen and garage threepenny sump shows the workers. Welsh dragon holding a wreath Today union leaders who want All the building workers aro volunteers from among the iron of bay leaves as a background a better offer will talk over the
to the and steel workers of the plater.
portrait,— altuation with their pay, nego-
Franco-PreOON.
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