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NO CHANGE ON CHINA IN U.S.

Comment

Of The

Day

Monty And

The Duke

FORMER Socialist

A Miner of War, Mr John

Strachey, is The latest to describe Montgomery 4 "another Wellington." Let

Two Party Unity THE HANDLEBAR COMEDIAN Macmillan

On Opposition To Armed Force

By RUTHERFORD POATS

Washington, Nov. 5. United States recognition of Communist China is no more likely today than it was before the Democratic election victory, Administration officials and political observers agreed today.

It be said anyone less like On the fundamentals of China policy, the

the famous Duke, in or out

of the Army, would be hard

to find. It would be ༣༣ tremely interesting to hear the Duke of Wellington's rommetris

the U pon parison.

cum-

Apart from winning battles

Are

vast majority of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly stood together. There is no evidence that the new Democratic members will break with this pattern of bipartisan- ship.

Dulles

in entirely different ways;

However, oficiais do not rule the New Deal. With 278 De- apart from an iron deter-

to the House out the possibility that intensi-mocrats elected mination to see the other Bed Democratic criticism of all and three leading, the Party follow "off" Montgomery phases of Administration policy

exceeded such recent highs as

La 1948. and Wellington

267 in 1940 and 283 in the next two years could in-

were short of their different na it is possible Auence Secretary of State John They still

make mors

1030 recurd total of 333 of the for two men to be. But in Fuster

$35 House members. this above all. Whereas the Keatures toward casing the cold Duke of Wellington was as terse and as much given to statement as the proverbial oyster, Lord Montgomery says it with volumes,

Oboyed Orders

war in Asin.

No Fight Possible

fact

1

The Democrats' assurance Senate control until the 1962 electons stems from the that only one-third of that body comes up tor elcction every two

Some Commentators alroudy have seen on Dulles recent efforts to end the Chinese civil war evidence of a basic polley change in favour of the two Chime" den. Dullos and his subordin- | years, ates deny this.

The fundamental policy, us Administration leaders see

OMPARE Wellington's has overwhelming endorsement description of the Battle jin Congress and is unchanged.

to

of Waterloo with Monty's speeches and thousands of pages of writing. We are told that when uskeit describe the famous battle Napoleon's that hopes of regaining Europe, Wellington said: "Oh, the French came 4/ 12 10 same old way, and we drove them back in the same old way." And this description would be hard to better.

The policy is:

Refusal to recognise Com- munist China as long an 11 £hreatens, or uses, force and seeks to undermine free intitutions in nelzb- touring countries; and

Resistance to Communist expansionist threats, whether Againnt Buy Quemoy or bigger targets, Among the

Democrats, top only

Senate assistant

leader Mansfeld Mike

1:45 talked

We admit Lord Montgomery

had much to put up with While Atill R serving openingly of moving lowurd

from

Of the the recognt!lon Boldier, fresh triumphs of the Necond Government,

front, he Wan attacked

Many

I'cking

prominent Democrats

bitterly, exprelally by men are members of the Committee

who know nothing of

the of One Millions" tactics required for the recognition. various campaigns.

which opposes

21

In 1900, there will be Democratle teams expiring Ten are safe Democratie Southern seats. That leaves only 1 Non- Southern Democratic sente up for contest.

In view of the 62-34 majority won yesterday, the Democrats would have to drop at least 12 ur 13 scata to lose control in 1000.

2342-

11 Thus even if all Southern Democrats were by- ten in 1960 the Republicans $1$ would not have enough votes for a shift of control.

The Democratic hold on the Senate in 1960 will be even Breuter if Democrats win either

buth of Alaska's seats in the November 25 bailoung for the new slate.-U.P.1.

Destroyer Of Supersonic Jets

Why

Washington, Nov. 3. All but five Democrats in the Simply because he obeyed

The Army said today that its 1955 for the the orders of his command Senate voted in

missile anti-aircraft" "Formosa Itesolution"

giving "Hawk" ing offleer, and took over

Eisenhower carte has proved that it can destroy the command of part of the President

bombera flying at "several times planche to defend the Nation- American forces to the

allet-held offshore islands-tri-the speed of sound." North of the bulge in the

The they

10-foot long "Hawk," necessary to the Ardennes breakthrough of nefence of Formos,

designed for low-level, short- the American lines,

range interception, was tried for the first time yesterday against Supersonic target drune, fastest of the flying targets now available.

Stung

H

were

China polley was not a dimet Issue in any of the Congres- Democrats Mional races. The

made the general charge that

the Republican Administration had got the United States into

ERE Montgomery behaved identically as Welling- ton would have done. He permitted Rundstedt to ex- tend his lines, just

Mar calling

Wellington allowed

mont

open

untenable position in the offshore Island situation, but former Secretary of State Deun Acheson was almost alone in for surrender of the islands to the Communists.

President Truman Former wherens supported Eisenhower's polley

completelyU.P.I.

(Bee Also P. 8)

out

nt.

nt

to Salamanca. But Monty runs to volumes to Bay how he Caught Rundstedt in the trap, all

we get from Wellington, The Senate

on perceiving Marmont's

mistako is: "By God, that

will do."

Is Set For

Wellington seemed content to The Next

leave it to history; Mont-i

gomery wants to write his

tory. Montgomery, we fest, Two Years

appenre to amart

which

from

thone allly little books, ill- written, and H-informed, originated Among vorbone members of the American Junior Staff. Tho Victor of Alamein, the General who never lost n War II, battle In World should be above thin petty

g. And, be like Big biennial

the mildly of prototypo, ma modern commentator will South

In the loure, which elects have it, the great Duke of all its members every two years, Wellington: koep, his Democrats ran up their mem- Longuo qplot and his pen 'bership to its highe total since the 1030 high walet mark of

Democrats are virtually cor-

Washington, Nav. 5.

tain to control the Senato for the next four yours regardless of who alocted President in 1960. The answer lies in the mathematics of the Senate's turnover 'Dius the the Democratle

the

Though the missile carried no warhead, the Army Bald in- strumentation in its nose in dicated "the intercept would have been successful."-U.P.I.

What Fun

To Be A Peer

London, Mov. G.

of

Lord Boothby, опа Britain's how life prote sald here tonight that he thought the English were crazy about Lorde.

Ho

told # corporation rather dinner! "What I anjoy are those letters that arrive avery morning be. pinning

and 'My Lord' ending Your Lordship's obedient servan!!!

Lord Bosikby who was a former Conservative MP, and well-known. TV pare sonality, nald that #ince becoming a peor the volume of his work had quadrupted. In the last two weeks hà

had refubed 34 Invitationa to make lunch'oe dinner spantas, China Special.

Mall

Guy

"

FINDS MATCH

Crowborough, Bussex, Nov. 5. Comedian Jimmy Edwards today morried fair-haired Mles Valeria Seymour as a registry office here.

The 38-year-old handlebar-moustached en- tertainer a Cambridge University Master of Arta is recanting some of his earlier vlowa

Last year he said at a pubile ocremony: "The thing that pats me off is that phrase with all my worldly goods I the endow.' I only they'd ro-phrase it to 'with 15 per cent of my worldly goods' I might consider it,"

Edwards, also once went on record as say- ing: "I am looking for a rich widow with a pack of fox hounds. Then I can go hunting." Il bride, aged 33, In 痛 former airline receptionist. She has worked as a governess and a land girl.

Edwards, son of A London mathemation professor and a New Zealand school leacher, rooketed to fame in the radio programme "Take 11 from Here.”

China Mall Special.

Fawkes Rag: Attempt To Kidnap The Duke

London, Nov. 5.

The Duke of Edinburgh today narrowly es- caped from being kidnapped by a group of stu- "Gay dents who had planned to abduct him as a Fawkes Day" joke.

The husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth was going to visit Wye College, Kent, which is

Uni- attached to the London

versity. A group of 30 students set an ambush for the royal Hmousine on a deserted rond not far from the college. They planned to hold up the car,

kidnap the Duke and take him to the College on a hay-cart. But at the hust minute the Duke was informed of the plot and avoided the umbush by changing his Toulc, time schedule tnd car.

Folled by the Duke's change of plans, the students neverthe- less celebrated the November 5. 1000 "Gunpowder Plot" by exploding Breworks under the banquet table and shouting

Home Rule for Wales."

Parliament Building

The traditional "Guy Fawkes Dap" search of the cellars under the houses of Parlin- ment by the "beef-caters" guard was doubled today by a serious and thorough search of parliament promises-gyn Scotland Yard Police, follow- ing the receipt of sri anony- mous letter announcing the Parliament buildings would

be blown up.. Police found no trace

of

Ex-

plosive in the Houses ol Parliament, France-Presse.

Democrats In Republican Stronghold

A

Jaz

Montpelier, Vermont, Nov. 6. Resurgent Green Mountain Democrats sald today they would demandl recount Vermont'e drum-tight' 'guber- natorial race that saw the Re- publican Lieutenant-Governor, Nobert T. Stafford, edge De mocrat Bernard J. Leddy by less than 1,000 voler.

In the State's biggest political upset of the 20th century, the Damocrats won their first con- gressional seat since before the founding of the Republican party.

Political newcomer William 11. Meyer edged former Republican Governor Harold J. Arthur by an unofficial but complete vote total of 82,940 to £1,114 for Ver- mont's lone Flouse scat,

Republicana managed to win every other office, but only by the closest of margine.--U.FI.

Quemoy Quiet

Tulpel, Nov. 0. Communist gung In the Amey area becane allent after fring 64 rounds between a p.m. and During 11,10 p.m. •last night, the past few days the Commu nists had not fired a shot on "even" dated,Frenos-Preuss,

Hongkong House Warden

Resigns

London, Nov. 6. Gordon Ross has resten- củ lua post as warden of Hongkong House in Lon- don today.

Mr Ross, 32-year-old ex- RAF officer became warden when Hongkong House was opened on May 30 this тел.

Until

new warden is Mlas Isobel appointed, Wallace Turner, member of "Friends of Hongkong“ to acting in his place.

Miss Wallzee-Turner was A physiotherapist for ten years at Queen Mary Hon- pital, Hongkong.

She is in private practice in London but has given up her own work to help out at Hongkong House-Lon- don Express Service.

Battered Ship Gets Home

To Holland

Antwerp, Nov. 3. The 5,500-ton Norwegian froighter Taiwan wobbled slow- ly to her berth here today three days after colliding with Swedish tanker four times her dize in the English Channel.

Orders Investigation

LABOUR ALLEGE TORY MISCONDUCT

London, Nov. 5. The Prime Minister, Mr Harold Macmillan, has ordered an immediate investigation into Labour Opposition allegations that Government Department facilities have been used for Conservative Party politi- cal purposes.

71 will be undertaken by Sir "One jab

set the firm have Norman Brooke, Head of the themselves in to put over. the Civil Service. He will i3- Prime Minister and sell him vestigate whether unauthorisedilke other branded goods they use has been made of govern-handle," he added amid Labour ment facilities.

Sir Reginald Manningham- Buller, the Attorney-General, unnounced this tonight at the end of a House of Commons debate on electoral matters.

1} of

The allegations were made by Patrick Gordon-Walker, forner Labour Secretary State for Jotions.

Commonwealth Re-

Mr Walker said a pamphlet Issued by an organization called "The Rented Homes Campaign" attacking the Labour Party on a The battered ship, a mass of jor political issue of the day was sont out in an envelope twisted metal from bow, to No. 1 similar to that used by the hold and making water, was Ministry of Housing and Local towed to her berth by a tug.

¡Government.

Beth had

un official atlek-on

Jaughter.

Mr Walker, a former Secret- ory for Commonwealth Rela- tions, sald he was particularly disturbed that # commercial advertising firm should be cm- ployed to "sell" the Prime Minister and the Conservative Party and pulitical, ideas is they were packaged goods.

Mr Walker, who was speaking on a bill dealing with electoral matters, also alleged that the Conservative Party had used facilities of Government Depart- party political pur- rents for poses,

Anuther allegation he made was that a speaker at the re- cent Conservative Party Con- Captain Daviknes, his wife

Teronde (Blackpool) Inferred and 12 crew members were 100 label. Both had identical ad- that the party was getting holp Ured from nursing their dresses in identical type, pro- from Dr Charles Hill, Chancellor wounded

duced by the same addresso- of the Duchy of Lancaster und graph, which showed a govern-Minister responsible for Co-

the ordinating

Government's official Information services,

the

vessel through North Sea to Antwerp to talk

about their adventures,

Daviknes sald: "one collision

ment malling list was used,

The only difference was that'

is enough. I never want to the Government stamp "on Her through this experience

again

In my life."

His face was grey and tired

as be rang "stop engines."

The accident happened durlog a thick fog off the Brittany coast on Sunday night.-U.P.I.

Cypriot Youth Shot In Eye

Service" was cut of

Majesty's from the label on the envelope containing the pamphlet,

ba

Mr Walker skid

had simular evidence Involving the Ministry of Health,

The

If any

Attorney-General

such Laken out

covelopes were

Mr Walker quoted Lord Poole, Vice-Chairman of the Conservo- ive Party, as saying "we could not do our job in central office (Conservative Party Headquar ters) at all if it were not supple- mented by what De Hill and his orgendsution do."

Mr Walker Buld this was out- rageous and a "agrant abuse of of any Government the established principles of Department it was not with the Brith pubile life.-Reuter.

thority of the Permanent Under-Secretary of eny Minis-

try.

Nicosia, Nov. 5.

If the envelopes did emanate British military police today from 监 Government Depart- captured three Cypriot Greek ment and if they were sent by youths after wounding, one of Civil Servant it was quite

them in a dramatic manhunt through the narrow streets of a south Nicoala suburb.

П

The police stopped a car In which three youths were driving surprise Identity cheeks during the rush hour, and die covered

38 calibro pistol linder the dashboard. The youths fed and the police gaye chase, wounding one of them in the eye with a bullet.-France- Pressc.

where there's life.

there's Bud

Servant

nn-

cicar that that Civil I was gulity of misconduct,

The Attorney - General dis missed as "vulgar abuse" other allegation by Mr Walicer that the Conservative Party employed a commercial ad- vertising frm to popularise the Prime Minister..

Mr Walker said "no decent people want us to be brought down to the level of American 'clcctioneering."

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Soviet-Polish Friendship

Moscow, Nov. 5. Top Soviet and Polish leaders renowed pledges of friendship and solidarity tonight at formal reception given by the Polish Communist Party leader, Wlady- glow Gomulka.

Mr Gomulka and A Polish delegation have just completed an il-day tour of Soviet pro- vinces. UP.I.