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Comment Hopes For Agreement In Textile Talks Of The MACMILLAN'S MESSAGE TO HK

Day

Quemoy Respite

F Peking keeps its word,

I for a week up Communist

shells will fai un Quemoy. In terms of Wves and Emb saved Peking's decision will make little difference; nor can it be regarded as in any

way "humanitarian" If the shells begin falling again next week. In terms of food, ammunition and stores delivered, It promises a real

1 and substantial relief for the Nationalists who have become increasingly cun- verned about the failure of LST to run the Communist Kauntlet to the Quemoy beaches. But obviously its greatest significance lies in the fact that it is the first

penceful gesture China has inade since the bombard- ment resumed in earnest on August 23,

The Chinese decision may

have been a counter-move backwards from the brink, taken after John Foster Dulles took the first step

back last week when The criticised Chiang Kai-shek's policy

reinforcing of

Speculation Quemoy. bound to put many inter- pretations on the move but the most interesting centre around the suggestion that ; In spite of the many state. ments and portents to the contrary, this decision In- dicates that world concern over the crisis has made it self felt in Peking.

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consider that Moscow may have become alarmed at the risks China was running. "The ordinary citizen in Moscow is no more enthesinstic

about dying for Quinny than his opposite number

America," one suggests, R│ Is Indeed possible that the Chinese people feel much the same way despite the apate of defiant resolutions and statements emanating from Radio

Peking. fact, the only party in this dangerous rectangular affray avowedly hostile to pence

is Taipei, moves

thwarted temporarily in its attempts to deug a reluctant and now back-peddling America over the brink. Peking must realise now more than anyone that it is in its own interests to keep Dulles to his word to bring about a Nationalist withdrawal from the islands. Not think evacuation

would be

Peking's biggest prize. The discomfiture of the Nationalists ranks high, but even higher is the strain that an American-

requested evacuation would pice on Taipei's relations with Washington.

Nita messunge to "our Tai-

IN

was compatriots" Peking

makes it clear that it seeks to divide the Amerlenus from the Nationalists. And within 24 hours of its announcement it can record partial success for whereas the Nationalists have re-

Telegram Sent

To Delegation

Leaders

The Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan

The

has sent a telegram to Lord Rochdale, loader of the United Kingdom Cotton Board Delegation now in Hongkong, and the Hon. J. D. Clague, Chairman of the Hongkong Textiles Negotiating Com- mittee, expressing the hope that the cur- rent negotiations will reach a satis factory agreemant. telegram reads:

voluntary quota on the export

tongkong textiles to the

United Kingdom,

"I am sorry to learn of the difficulties over the cotton conference and of the

This moming's meeting, which possibility that the pre-

13 expected to conclude the sent negotiations may not fternoon, is the last between lend to an agreement. the two delegations. The Unit- "In my view this would be ed Kingdom representatives ure most unfortunate out- due to leave by HOAC at 6 pm. press today, and will give a come for I remain con- conference at the Airport an vinced that it would be in hour before their departure.

MR MACMILLAN

Pope Battles For His Life: 'Grave Stroke

Papul

were

Sir Alexander Granthom joined the growing ranks of retired men going back into business last week when he took up two now........ appointments in London. One was Far Eastorn Advis or to the Royal Dutch Shell

two-your op group pointment and the other was director of the British Oak Insurance Company which is the UK subsidiary of Hongkong's Union In- surance Society of Canton Ltd. This picture was taken of Sir Alexander in his London flat just before he went back to work.-Lon- don Express Photo.

Milford

Haven

Divorce

Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Oct. 7. Pope Pius XII battled for his life today against a grave cerebral stroke that left him mute und for a time blind and partially paralysed. Vatican authorities, who tooking to the Papal villa the unprecedented step of noti closed last night by sombré flying Cardinals

faced Swiss Guarda following und Nuncios throughout the world heelle day of arrivals and de- of the Pope's sudden turn for partures of doctors, cardinals, the interests of Hongkong the worse, privately expressed Vatican officials and relatives o! of the the Rome-barn, loader and the United Kingdom grave concern for his life.

Publicly, two brief and res world's

Roman $50,000,000 alike that a mutually

trained medical bulletins and Catholics, voluntary statements by churchmen and Sidedoors re-admitted two of satisfactory

whe

the sow

frall the doctors shartly before mid- agreement on a compre- doctors

the medical hensive basis should be Fontiff since his attack yester night, bringing

day morning emphasised his re-

altendance 10 complement in achieved.

markable stamina and "cons- | four, Indicating that a critical "This would provide a period derable resistance."

perlod may be approaching. A Vatican spokesman ott" during which the neces

During most of yesterday only GMT (0845 two doctors were with the Pope sary adjustments could be sunced at

Hongkong Summer Time

at any one time. made without hardship Tuesday)

was "comfortable, on either side and would tranquil and resting." He cald

Children's Gifts have the great advantage the Pontiff had spoken "n few The last arrival was Papal The Marquess of Milford

words" in the course of the Physical Prock Riccaido night.

Galezailisi. fie carried with

the United Kingdom. gravity of complications and Divino Love and a vial of Holy

carnestly hope that even emphasised a previous week of CIL

and the These were gifts from the now both sides may feel weakening hiccups

There children

of the nearby able to make the further patient's advanced uge,

Orphanage was on acute air of expectancy

of Divine Love. efforts nceded to conclude here at Castel Gandolfo, 15 The orphans themselves were

of removing this issue

2345

on

from domestic polities in Oliver sources led In thời hlm an Image of the Virgin of

before

à satisfactory agreement.", miles south of Rome, and in the taking turns in an all night

Minister's tele- Vatican itself whose press offices vizi The Prime gram was read to the members remained open all night. of the two delegations at their meeting this morning.

Today's Talks

jected the ceasefire, the The textile talks between the Americans have welcomed it Cotton Bourd delegation and the

Hongkong And there already appear

Negotiating Com- morning

to be differences on whether mittee resumed this American ships should con- and were still in session at time.

ef going to press..

tinue to escort convoys to Further progress was made Quemay. It seems that as yesterday on the subject of a the Communista become

more conciliatory the split between Talpoi and Washington widens.

Yet the astuteness of the Chinese move can be seen in the fact that Poking has not compromised

on

any major issue now being discussed in Warsaw and it 'could resume the shelling of Quemoy next week without incurring widespread cen- aure for revamping the crisle, since the islands aro still occupied by the Nation- alists, still a source ΟΙ provocation, still, in fact, the entire cause of tension, Yet Amorica doon well to welcome the move and the "universal bopo is that the genetito will be permanent.

YANKEES.

BEAT THE

BRAVES

New York, Opt. &.

New York Yankees best Milwaukee Braves 7-0 bero today in ihn; ffih game of the best-of-seven world baseball portes.

3-2.

Braves now lead with two more games to be played.

(See Face 6)

Blessed the Sacrament their chapel, The huge wooden doors lead-U.P.I.

Nasser Takes A

Tighter

On Syria Grip On

Cairo, Oct. 6

U.A.R. President Gamal Abdel Nasser today formed a strong Central UAR Government to tighten control over Syria. He also dropped the Syrian Vice-President of the United Arab Republic Sabri El-Assali.

Hearing

London, Oct. 6.

U.S. 7th Fleet Continue Quemoy Runs

Taipei, Oct. 7.

The Nationalist military spokesman, Rear-Admiral Liu Hoh-tu, said today that the Communists had been seen working on pillboxes and re- pairing gun positions yesterday.

Admimi Liu sald: "this shows He said the Amorleans were what the Communist seven-day, continuing to

navul provide ceasefire, means."

He said a large labour force of 1,500 men were Fech from

Quemoy observation posts work

ng on guns and pillboxes.

Nationalist official spokesmen have said they believed the Com- munists began a ceasefire to ro- stock ammanliian and rebarrel guns.

still

Admiral Liu sald airdrops and convoy operations going on.

were

British Soldier's Wife

Laid To Rest:

Daughter Guarded

Nicosia, Oct. 6.

Mrs Catherine Cutliffe, murdered by gunmen in Famagusta on Friday, was buried in the mili- tary cemetery here today as her 18-year-old daughter Margaret sobbed unrestrainedly at the graveside.

Behind Margaret, who clutch- ed her mourning vell with her right hand, were 22 black robed British women headed by Lady Foot, the wife of the governor. Identification

Outside the British troops

cemelery stood and plainclothes detectives guarding Morgarot against any

Eoka attempt on

The murdered doughter hts

River Boat

Hits Tree

-60 Drown

Fategarh, Uttar Pradesh,

Oct. 6.

cscorta,

Nationalist sources sold air- drops had taken place last night and early this morning.

No figures were given on how many planes took part.

Supplies Go In

The Nationalisis

today took advantage of the ceasefire to ferry desperately needed sup- plies to the smaller falands in the Quemoy group,

The

47-day Communist bombardment which ended yes- terday reduced. Little Quemoy civilians to a few weeks* food supplies.

The position of the military garrison on the title islands of Tatan and Erlan neer Amay

Barbour worse.

was reported to be

Yesterday nearly 2,000 tons of supplies were run in by airdrop and a giant sea convoy, they said.

Sharp "Eye"

Withering Communiat ariflery almost a total blockade on the smaller falands.

are had placed

Army pources on Quemoy said improved Communist radar had picked up even small plastic boats sneaking across between the islands during the last part of the blockade.

Nationalist military officials had not announced say change. In convoy proceedings - this morning.

But they pointed out that it the bombardment stopped It was unlikely airdrops would have to continue.

Yesterday, Vice-Admiral Ro- land Smoot, chief of the United States-Taiwan Defence Com- mand sold the decision on

to

'woman's

Sixty people are feared to whether American warships attended several

in the flooded would go on escorting Nation- have drowned Identification parades in the

clist River

convoys would have Romganga

yesterday the gun- police effort to trace

when their boat capsized after come from Washington. men who killed her mother-striking a submerged tree trunk.

He said until this decision was China Mail Special.

Three people reached the river bank 23 miles downstream reached normal escorting pro- clinging a plank of the shatter-cedures would continue,

Haven, cousin of the Duke Greek Govt

of Edinburgh and bestman of the Queen's wedding,

asked the divorce court hero today to rule that a Mexican divorce obtained against him by his wife is valid in English law. HIS petition

alter- asked natively for a divorce from the Marchioness, Mrx Romaine Dahlgren Peirce Simpson, whom he married in Washington in 1950.

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Statement On Murder

Athens, Oct. 6. The Greek Foreign Ministry tonight issued a statement deploring. attocks on women such as that lead- ing to the death of a Brl- tith soldier's wifo Cyprus last Friday.

In

cd bout.

The Communists have threa- Two horses and 223 sheep toned to resume the bombard. which

were also in the boat mont if American warships were drowned.-Reuter.

| escort Nationalist supply ships.--

Reuter.

Another Russian A-Test

The Marquess, a great-great- Erandson of Queen Victoria, is a close friend of Hungarian- born film actress, Eva Bartok.

Asked recently about reports that he and Miss Bartok were

Washington, Oct. 6. to marry, he replied: "How enn

Tho statement was the first The United States Atomic posalbly say I am going to gelomcial reaction from the Greek married when I

FOL a Government to the murder of married man?

Mra Catharine Catliffe, who was "How can

dead by I presuppose the shot

gunmen verdict of the divorce courts?" | Famagusta lost Friday.

Marchioness,

former

Athens Radio, on Friday a Chicago department stero executive, obtained her night, said the killing was the divorce from the Marquess in work of, "Eoke Patriots," Mexico in 1954 on grounds of

The wife of

in

A Call For

A Solution

Is Shelved

United Nations, Oct. 6. Asun and African slates to- ☐ proposal ta day shelved appeal to the United States and the two Chinas for a posceful settlement of the Talwan Streit Energy Commission today crials.

An eight-nation subcommittee. announced that the Soviet,

mot briefly

consider Union has corried out Indonesia's suggestion that the another nuclear fost ox- 23-nation Aslan-African group current lasue a statement calling for a plosion in the

For solution of the Quemoy conflict saries the fifth so

in accordanca with

the detected.

Bundung principles and the UN charter.

to

But bottom last Friday, when

In a brief stalement, the Com- Tonight's Greek Government incompatibility,

Mr John chairman, statement saic attacks against mission's The Marquess, who petition-women was not among the träd MoCone, said the test took place the subcommittee was formed,

of tons of Greek fighters. under his full name

Arctic and today, events in the Quemoy Yesterday north of the David Michael Mountbatten, sat

ed

in the front. of the crowded It said the announcement by Circle in the same area that the altuation had taken a turn for The newspaper maid Wis-fact court room wearing a blue "Cypriot aghlers" that they had previous four tests were carried the Setter.

documents lounge sult.

༦.

The announcement was made

The Indian Ambassador' Me out by the semi-official Middle East had emerged from

Arthur Lall was understood fo no part in the woman's murder. that produced at the Bagdoṁ trial of News Agency. It said

entirely with the

recommended Indefinite "This one was of lesser yield have No one appeared on behalf corresponds Assall would be dropped from Fadhil Jamall, former Iraqi of the Marchioness, who did belief provelling in Athena. than the others," he stated. postponement: of any · Asian-.

be 16-member cabinet in a Premier.

"The question should be ask- The Soviet Union resurned the African statement in view of not appear herself or file any decree tomo TOW,

defence.

ed.who was Interested In this feeling of nuclear weapons on the delicacy of the altuation, Soon after the case started, hideous action that provoked an September 20 with two shots] - This view was presumed to barbarous after last March's announcement | have won approval of the sub- the judge, Mr Arthian Davies, unprecedented.

from the That testa were being temporarily committee composed of Coylari, called In the Queen's proctor to counter-attack

Two other - ahots | Cihaon, India, Indonesia, Iraq, hear his views on the point colonialists against the civilian, suspended,

October 2— | Japan, Malaya and the Philip“ of low Involved.

population in' Famagusta?" the were fired' · on

Reuter. (Continuted au Page § Col, 3} statement concluded-Router.

pines - U.P.I;

The Egyptian newspaper Al Mr. El Assall is one of four Akhbar reported last week that vice-presidents of the United El Assall had been accused of rab Republia, Ho is responal leading a plot in 1954 to merge ble for measures to promote the Byria with Iraq ́under 'the late unity of Egypt and Syria King, Teisel,

LUPIand Reuter...