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COMMENT OF

THE DAY:

Snap Election?

RECENT gain in Con-: Lxervative popularity prompts political prophets to forecust an early election. Straw polls and canvasses of public opinion upan tiovernment action in the Middle East have shown that the Conservatives have again drawn level in this elaboration of the political guessing game. Much has

been done recently to prove the accuracy of opinion polls and they are taken neriously enough for bath parties to spend a consider. able amount of their energy and resources on this kind fortune telling. But of

mity

Bueli suspect

une

oracles of a tendency to be

"Wiser" after event

than they were before it, and it would be a brave man who would venture the

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TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1958.

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'RELAX IN

DAKS

THE FAMOUS CONFORT EN ACTERS TROUSERS

Whiteaways

B: HONGKONG

Severe Lancashire Critic Chosen As Member

FIVE MPS TO VISIT HONGKONG

Delegation Expected AMERICA

In November

TO STUDY OUR PROBLEMS

by A China Mail Reporter

Five British Members of Parliament including two from Lan- cashire will visit Hongkong in November, it was officially announced today.

fate of his administration understand they will be shown over Hongkong textile mills,

nnel

its uncompleted

policies on the results of a straw poll.

The key role that Mr Mng- millan is playing now 172 world negotiations hus cer- tuinly emphasised hia stature as a statesman, as the "early election" sup- porters point out. But it also adds to the Prime Minister's responsibilities. He will not have forgotten that Mr Churchill was cut uff by landslide Labour victory and replaced-at-the- height of his own personal)

and it would be n mity

if Mr Macmillan were to be replaced at the heim of British affairs to- day

in the mid-stream, as it! were, of a world crisis.

Without underestimating Mr

Gaitskell's qualities.

task of

taking ever

the

at

auch a time would not be enviable, Western faith in

Mr Eisenhower is at

ebb

doubt.

low

and his own health in General de Gaulle for all his determination is hardly a fitting alternative to either Mr Macmillan or Mr Eisenhower as the leader of the West, The chances are

that Mr Macmillan's sense

of duty to this present time will outweigh any tem- porary inclination to seize the advantage moment and election.

of

The

try

мар

Prince Of Wales

THE dramatic Announce- ment of the succession of Prince Charles to the tra- ditional title of the heir to

of

as part of a general study of the Colony's textile in- dustry and will probably also look into our refugee and other problems.

Priners Margaretha and Robin Douglas-Home,

DOUGLAS-HOME

DEFIES MOTHER

OF PRINCESS

Is This The End?

London, July 29.

One of the visiting MPs will bo Hervey Rhodes (Labour) who during the July 1 cotton debate in the House of Commons said: "It would be a good thing if Hongkong 'ceased to be a colony forthwith."

The other members are Lord

Now It Can Be Told:

TO SHOOT THE

FOR THE

MOON IN

AUGUST

Cape Canaveral, July 28. The United States air force

will attempt put a satellite in orbit round the moon between August 15 and 17, rotiable sources said today.

BETRAYAL OF NURI AL SAID A Small Boy Saw His Pyjamas

Beirut, July 28. -Nuri_Al__Said, late Iraqi Prime Minister and power behind the throne for 17 years, was betrayed to the mob by d little boy sitting in the dust.

An uncensored account of the lest hours of Iraq's "Iron man" which reached here today from

Bagdad told how the little boy

gave the signal which ended in mob tearing to pieces the corpse of the unce-great "Nuri Pasha."

He had only one friend left in his last houts woman cnil- The date is still secret Buled Sabich Abbas, who died at the sources said the Air Force his side.

Has almost completed its plans Nurl. with Sabich, escapeł

for such a shot, using a three-from his Palace in the early sluge Ther-Able rocket and hours of July 14 while the

AMERICA'S NEW

TIES WITH BAGDAD PACT

London, july 28.

Rea (Liberal). Mr R. H. Turtonwill take advantage of the Bagdad mob converged on the The United States agreed to give the Bagdad

(Conservative member for Thirsk and Malton, York), Me A Green (Conxirvative member for Preston South, Lancashire), ειδική Mr S. Irving (Labour member for Dartford, Kent).

Length Of Stay

Mr

the Labour Rhodes la member for Ashton-under-Lyne, u Lancashire consituency,

The members were chosen by the Speakers Committee of the House of Commons.

A Reuter cable from London this morning.said the invitation made by the Hongkong

WAS

Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

It is not known how long the delegasion will stay in Hong- kong, but despite the professed like Mr belligerence of people Rhodes,

(The Chinese will take

over Hongkong as and when it suits them. We have the Hongkong on sufferance"), object of the vis according to to provide some quarters is members with a first-hand view of the Colony and its problems and to get thereby a fairer hear- ing in the House of Commons where, in common with other parts of Britain, frequent mis- statements are made and often

left uncorrected.

moon's close proximity to the roynt palace. earth during the third week in August.

At that time it will be only 221,483 miles away,

One-Way Trip

Reward

The fugitives claimed"""Sanz- tuary in the house of a friendly doctor. But

When Bagdad Radio began broadensting offers

Pact a shot in the arm today by allying itself in mutual defonce alliances with. the Northern Tier nations to protect Middle East "defence and security.” The Air Force attempt will of 10,000 linas (£10,000) re-

Nurl, the doctor be

Mr Dulles, said tonight before bo none-way trip, alined at ward for

The U.S. Secretory of State orbiting un instrumented came frightened and asked him Mr John Foster Dulles pledged leaving for Washington by air, satellite round the moon. The to leave.

these formal new ties in a de- that the Bagdad Fact meeting, Nuri shaved off his moustache, claration Jouzey

signed with Turkey, "marked a very, deinito la expected to take

made up his face,

donned the Iran, Paldstan and Britain slep forward" by achieving two-and-a-half days.

moon black clothes of a woman and after

adherence to the Scientists hope the

a one-day session with American satellite will relay electronic put on a veil. All this was done their Premiers.

principles of the alliance. The declaration also opened The doctor

Mr. Dulies said: "We have loaned the fugl the way to closer llalton be Photographs and other data bein haste over his pyjamas fore it is pulled back into the

tives his car and they

of the carth's gravitational feld and

were driven to the other side of tween the Bagdad Pact nations achieved adherence

and Nato and possibly Seato, United States to Die principles the Tigris. There Nuri and disintegrates.

Sableh feft the car anti

Bagdad Pact, which the other major fred world of the

mariced a very definite new step forward,"

The rocket will have to carry the satellite well past the moon to compensate for its motion round the earth and the over-

pping gravitational limits.

The Thor-Able has twice flown 1,000 miles through space; with a mouse in lis nose cone

although efforts to recover cone and passenger failed,

Looking for a house where they alliances.

began

could seek shelter.

But the chauffeur was sus- picious and had meantime In- formed the Army.

Within minules

New Step

new

Demonstrating ito support And it left the door open for for the Fact the US rushed a Iraq to resume Ita key in the four-star General to London to tanks and Northern Tier alliance if and represent the US, on the pact's when Its revolutionary regime military committee.

cars began to converge on the area, which was sealed off. In

the wake of the army come the

mob,

Swept Along

Von Braun Too The Army is also planning a moon-shoot, Dr Werner Von

Nuri and Sabich were being Braun, the Army's top missile expert, sald his moon vehicle along with the mob and finally reached an acquaintance's will employ a modified Juplier-Chouse. rocket using a Juplier inter- The visit is also seen as part mediate range male in the of detailed plans now being Brst stage instead of the Red- onde in several quarters in the

slone which helped launch the Colony to have Hongkong's case three Exploren satelilles. for unrestricted collon textile Router. and grey cloth exports to Bri-

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the throne could not be Newspaper. gossip writers of Britain's national better timed. Its announce- |

dailies conclude unanimously today that Mr ment at the conclusion

Robin Douglas-Home has given up hopes of the Empire and Common-

tain better presented, and wealth Games in Cardi

marrying Sweden's Princess Margaretha.

combal Lancashire's current brings together into the

They assert"this"following the of that pleasure. But I do not announcement of this Bri-

(Contd. on Page 8, Col. 6) Give up my work tish family event not only disclosure that the 25-year-old intend to the new capital of Wales suitor has agreed to play the (publishing) and play the pluno herself, but also the whole pana in a Nice hotel for a week full time professionally."

The Dlarist suggests this will community

British from August 17. of

Mr R. Douglar-Home will get be a vital week in his relation- peoples spread over the no fee for his engagement at the ship with The Swedish Royal face of the world. Hong-

Negresco Hotel-but he will re-fomily. kong too had her represenceive free bound and lodging This wit be becausy it has tatives, as she has her:

been "openly discussed in the Swedish press that Princess share in the rejoicing. No during his stay there.

Sibylla-Princess Margaretha's mother-has made it known that ber she would never allow daughter to marry player,"

announcement at such a

£70-£100

diarists

time could have been more Newspaper

today touching, more appropriate, assess the value of this orange

Me Douglas-Home as or more joyfully received ment to

particularly by the between £70 and £100 for the

the bands

them week.

Aon of selves,

.

plano

UK Plan To Beat

But the door was slammed in their faces and once again they were pushed out into the street among the mob.

All through the morning they wandered through the sirecia until they passed a le boy The boy siliing on the ground.

ow Nurl's priamas protruding his disguise and told a trom group of soldiers.

The soldiers rushed offer the pair and challenged them. Nuri turned, drew a gun from under

Murphy Escapes After Effects his cloak and began firing, 'Exuberant Shots' Of Recession

Beirut, July 28.

Paris, July 28.

The soldiers shot back and Nuri and Sabloh were killed immediately.

Mutilated

The mob Tushed to the scene Mr Robert Murphy, President

Eisenhower's personal repre- Appropriate measures should and when it was learned that the bodies were those of Nurl and his be davised now to stave friend they began to tear them off the probabla aftor to pieces.

The End The Daily Mail's Diarist says M

similar vein that Mr Douglas- Home's

ot engagement

the Negresco Hotel, Nice, means the end of the "romantic episode."

The gossip writers conclude this means the end of the affair But to add a touch of argu-berouse Princess Sibylla, inother ment this habitually arga of Margarethu, was strongly op- mentative race has started

previous public his the piano-playing. up, the debate whether thesed should take place The

fair-haired handsome, at the envient Royal Palace Doublas Home, 23-your-old Castle, or in member of an ancient Scottish the streets of the capital cristocratle family, still refuses Cardiff: One would think to say whether the romance is that the first announcement over.

ceremony

of Caernarvon

would

have

He is maintaining the silence at Cardiff subdued-such stirrings, but he has kept since his briet sa-

nouncement, earlier this month

The News-Chronicle's gossip writer begins with the words: It looks like the Bnal capitula- tion."-China Mail Special.

Jordan Cheque

Amman, July 26. The Governor of Amman lo

In-

the Lebanese politicians in the mountains worth of Betrut when the shols were fired: The spokesman said the shots were not appatently directed at Mr Murphy, and appeared to be "exuberant firing in to the air"-Reuter,

sentative bere, escaped. In- Jury when mbots were fired litar his car north of Beirut effects of the American An Army tank pushed through

ста- yesterday, an American

recession, Sir David Ecclos, the mob, and soldiers retrieved bassy spokesman said- today.

the heady mutilated bodies. President of the Board of They were inid on the top of the Murphy was returning to

Trado, said today. expital from a visit to

tock which drove slowly through

the streets while Sir David, who had earlier the

mob pul new proposals to a closed screamed with delight and rour- session of the council of the ed insults at the dead leader... At last the tank broke clear Organisation

European Co-oporalite and carried the bodles away to Economic

on unknown grave.-Reuter. (O.E.E.C.), said;

"Cue of the measures which 1 have suggested is for O.E,E.C. countries to grant other member states 'united lcans' which means that the country borrow- ing the mancy could spend 1 wherever it likes, according to Its needs."-Reuter.

Satellites to Detect Tests

Geneva, July 28,

race that likes to argue that he would not be visiting day handed an Algerian when it finds itself out of Sweden in the "foreseeable surgent representative here 2 breath for song will prob- | futuro,"

chequo for £17,000. ably give way again to the The Daily Express Diarist An official announcement, said Scientists from East and West today they had of the two says he has "virtually given up It was in contribution from the announced more tuneful when their young Prince hope of marrying the Princess, Jordanian people to the Algerian reached agreement on detecting!

The writer comes to them, whether he

quotes him as people

struggling nuclear tests at high altitudes revealed that carth be presented from Castle saying: "I love playing he against the French for freedom and

anteillies could be used for or Town Hall balcony. plano and refuse to be deprived and independence."--Reuter.

monitoring auch bests.-cuter.

who

pre

Latest K Letter: Summit Setback

London, July 28. Following the latest Khrushchev note to the Western Premiers. the chances of an early summit meeting receded today.

Cold war eccusations occupied a large part of the Khrushchev loller to the Western Premier Khrushchev, in secking

moved Europeen meeting, moarer the position taken by General de Coulle of France,

D

but Britain and the United States are standing by their original attitude.

In Washington Mr Elsenhower announced his "ne change" at- titude,\

And in London, authoritative sources said the US and Britain would hold out for a Middie East summit meeling in the tramework of the UN Security Council.

The Queen To Go To Races?

.

Mr Gemmarskjold, UN Secre

fary-General, was said to be "personally regretful" at the Russian land" wirich' moved away front the attitude adopted In the note to Mr Macmillan, agreeing with Security Coun- recovered ci summit talks.

tor

Bulges Gave Her Away

Calcutta, July 28.

A 24-year-old Swiss passen-

Breakthrough

On Cancer Is Imminent

Washington, July 28.

Dr Leroy E. Burney, U.S. Sur- reon General, says a “break- through Is Imminent" in the battis against cancer. Whether

"'Imminent"

the

ger, Mita Margrith Rosall, at-breakthrough on cancer means iracled the attention of the cus one year or five years, I don't Dr Burney said. He toms officials at Dum Dum air know." port on Sunday because of her voiced optimiam "on the basis butk

of reports from the national In- troni health and London, July 29.

15 stitute of Customs inspectors found The Queen may be sufficiently gold slabs concealed in special throughout America."

Tho He sold evidenco has been- from her catarrhal pockala in her jacket." ausitie to aftend Goodwood gold weighed 76 pounds, and brought to light which may pin was worth £9,057. Later the the cause of some types of cas- In New York officials and diplo-horse-racing later this week, ao-

on viruses. If this were police arrested an. Indian man, cer press reports today. mals at the United Nations cording

The meeting, which starts believed to be her confederate true, he said, vaccines and anti-

of help have put tentative, arrango-

in an international gold song-bloties would be monis for a summit meeting today, la one she normally aim

Aghting the dievass,—UPPI, "en_ira”//lil agencies.

|gling sing, France-Presse. tends and enjoys-Beuter,

Li

desires.

It was a decisive answer to Soviet hopes the Iraqi Revolu-

tion would torpedo the Bagtiad

Pact,

Не

is General

Lynn Σαν

Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff of the US. Army-UPI, and France Presse,

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