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CHINA MAIL

No. 37292

Established 1845

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959.

Price 20 Cents

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THE LEADER TO TI COUNTRIES

BOARDING OPERATION CARRIED OUT UNDER 1884 TREATY

Of The Trans-Atlantic Cables Cut

Day

COINS INSTEAD

OF NOTES

FOVERNMENT

congratulated

{4 !*

011 the

decision 10 repince the

with

dollar note

coin.! The Althy, limp condition

which into

the note: deteriorate makes them

undesirabl! thoroughly

tu

handle and a menace health. At this time at to year the dirty notes tend be less conspicuous than in the summer. The Chinese New Year brought a Red of crisp now dollars on the market but deterioration ia rapid. About half the total issue has to be rat ench

This high your. destruction rate and efforts to improve their quality, coat Hongkong almost million dollars last year.

They require a reputation

of untouchability too quickly and the coin in much more 'sensible isen. One grumble so fur heard is the that the weight of

coins number

PROCSS" carried a dollar nutes by the average person will be excessive, particularly

American Navy Investigate

Russian Trawler

Washington, Feb. 26. Following the damaging of the multi-million dollar U.S. trans-Atlantic cable network in the North Atlantic, the U.S. Navy put a boarding party aboard a Soviet fishing trawler which had been working in the area where the cables had been damaged.

Á check

was made

to And out if the trawler had cut the five trans-Atlantic cables on the Grand Banks Ashing ground, 120 miles northeast of St John's, New- foundland.

Ingrid To Return To Hollywood

The Capinin of the U.S. ship, the Destroyer Roy O. Hale, re- Hollywood, Feb. 26. ported that his men found no Actress Ingrid Borgman will evidence the vessel was beat on return here in April for the "other than shing." Academy award presenta- tions, thus ending a 10- year voluntary exile from filmland.

But his report left open the question of whether the ship hart damaged the cables by ac- rident.

Connection Admiral Jerauld Wright, U.S. Commander, Flect Atlantic

Producer Jurry Wald, in' charge of the Television pre- duction of the Oscar awards noted in this connection that เช่ progrniame said jast night the the Soviet trawler, thể 1,870- there are cuins of smaller Swedish-born actress would be ton Novorossisk, had been

· denominations Y well. accompanied here by her third

operating in the vicinity of the The

argument is #puer husband, Lars Schildt, whom damaged cables. one. In the United States, the married this year.

Wald sald Miss Bergman will Ave denomina-

and in make the Academy award pre- sentation to the best male actor

there

arp

vf

of the year at the April 6 show

a finding of culpable negligence were found the United States could ask itmasin to put the Soviet rhip. Admiral Wright said the US.

tlonk

cuin Britain,

seven. In prewar Shanghai not only wero ard English actor Alee Guin-boarding party found the mas- there several denomina- tions but the bus companies will present the award for fer of the Soviet vessel "friend-

le and co-operative," Issued aluminium tokens for the purchase of tickets.

the best actress. U.P.I.

More $5 Notes NEW DEATH IN

TTONGKONG has no roppuisi

H

the

EAST END

London, Feb. 25. our A 19-year-old labourer was charged today with the knife-slaying of another teen-ager during a rock 'n' roll dance in London's East End two nights ago. It was the latest incident in

of any description. Our five-cent coins size of

farthing, ten-cent Coin: roughly comparable to an English sixpence and 60-cent coine to a shilling. The Cupro- nickel dallur, the size of a forin, will still enly give us a fourth denomination. The argument of execssive weight is therefore

poor one. The issue of a larger number of $5 notes would however be welcome. Their limited circulation has

wing teen-age gang wars in

The British capitel.

Gangs have

A spokesman at Admiral Wright's Norfolk Headquarters said no information had been Indicate received there yet to whether the American sailors were armed.

Documents

The operation was carried out under an 1884 treaty to which Czarist Russia was a party and which has been recognised by the Soviet Union in 1920.

Under

the treaty, naval ships may inspect the docu. ments of vessels suspected of Interfering with such cables. The investigation was ordered after the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and Western Union reported that breaks had occurred in five cables along the Russian course taken by the ship,

Mr

Dulles

Holds Meeting

In

Hospital

Washington, Feb. 26. John Foster Dulles, the

United

States Secretary

of State, who is at pre- Rent in hospital, today conferred in his hospital room for an hour or more with three leading State Department officials on the latest Russian state- ment of attitude on Ber- , lin.

A Stute Department spokes- man sald the Secretary of State had general discussion" with the, officials, the Acting Seere- try. Mr Christian Herter, the Deguly

Under-Secretary, Air! Robert Murphy, and the Assis- tant Secretary, Mr Livingston Merchant,

GERMAN PROBLEM

They are the three Siste De- partment officials chiefly cerned with the Germon prob- icm.

Acid At

U.S. May SendMan Hurls More Troops Rubens

To Europe

Paris, Feb. 26

The United States is seriously considering send- ing reinforcements to Europe "to make the Russians understand they are not thinking of giving way to force," the evening newspaper Le Monde said today.

MACMILLAN

TO MAKE

NEW PEACE BID?

?

An article by the newspaper's Foreign Editor, Andre Fontaine, added that "the Strategic Air Command might also be put into a state of alert,

Airlift

Painting

Munich, Feb. 26.-

An unknown person today lurled acid over a Peter Rubens painting esti. mated to be worth the Pinako- £90,000 in

thek Art Museum here. About one-fifth of the 9 feet 3

Grivas Slips

Into Nicosia

London, Feb. 27. The Daily Express reported

in a dispatch from Nico sia today that Eoka leader, George Grivas had slipped Into the his Cyprus capital from mountain hideoui to hear the amnesty terms to be offered to his band of ex- tremists,

The Bishop of Kilum

out-

Arch-

inch by 7 feet 3 inch painting lined the terms to Grivas in the was destroyed, the Managing office formerly 'occupied by Director of the Bavarian State Greek Cypriot leader, Painting Collections, Dr Kurt bishop Makarios,

The Dally Express declared Martin, said.

Grivas would meet Makarios in the same office when. tho Archbishop returned to Cyprus at the weekend.

Dr Martin said the painting, entitled "The Dercent Into Hell Of The Damned," was not in sured and he declined to estimate lis original value.

No Authority Several Munich newspapers In Newcastle, .Sir Theo-

Mathew, Britain's IXTOC of Public

German Nows-

to

Prosecutions, be had κα authority Issue # warrant for the arrest of Archbishop Makorlos.

Mr Alan Robertson, Newcastle librarian, today received a let- ter to this effect after raising the matter with Sir Theobäld's office,

Mr Robertson has falled to oblain warrants

the against Archbishop at courts in New- custic and London.-U.P.I. and.. Reuter.

The newspaper said the West-and the West ern Powera were almost doter-paper Agency (D.P.A.) received bald mined" to establish a "little air-tters today frem a person calilor Bit to supply their Berlin garing himself "Walter Menzi" and sal rison I.

as appeared likely, claiming he threw the acid. Russin handed over her Berlin

Not Crazy control powers to East Germany The writer warned that he on May 27.

planned 10 destroy another Aboul 15 Aircraft dry painting in the gallery, "The would be sufficient to supply Four Apostles" by Albrecht Kiev, Feb. 27.

The letter, which was the garrisons, which could, if Derer. cat-Mr Harold Macmillan today necessary, rely on local sup-headed "Free Philosophical In- stitute Walter Menzi, Lake Con- plies, it added. continues his sightseeing

slance", stated: "Inspite of this tour of the Ukraine while

If the Russians want to pre- (tuowing the acid) I am not pondering the problem vent the proper functioning of crazy... this deed is to be whether to let his Soviet. this linistin, they will have to understood an explosive to shoot, which eruption of my spirit which has visit remain one purely be the first of reconnaissance or to they doubtless want to avoid," essential things to say for the of mankind but has Le Monde sald. bid make a final

to

"It should however be noted exhausted all means to get a mediate between East and that Mr Khrushchev, who is

hearing in a normal way."

West. on

doubtless preparing to sign ten three philosophical books will but had not succeeded in having separate peace (treaty) If the British Prime Minister Herr Otto Grotewohl, East them published. Reuter. hoped to modify the Soviet German Prime Minister, has atitude on ruch, questions as Berlin and a Foreign Ministers meeting, it would seem he has failed.

The conference, which was belleved to cover particularly the virtual breakdown of the Moscow

talks between Mr Harold Macmillan, and Mr Nikita Khrushchev, was the longest Mr Dulles hon part!- cipated in since he entered Waiter Reed Hospital February 10.-Reuter.

POLICEMEN CHARGE ROWDY WOMEN

stated twice he would consider any violation of East German airspace as the start of wor."

Only Problem

Relations between Mr Mac- millan and the Soviel Premler,

Le Monde said that civilian Mr Nikita Khrushchev, have

and the of trame between Derlin deteriorated from n glow friendliness to cool, distant, but West bad for two years been businesslike exchanges since the controlled entirely by the East British parly arrived in Moscow German authorities, who had

repeated that they did not in last Saturday.

tend to hinder It.

The only problem. therefore, that of supplying tho Berlin military garrisons and the trans of people wanting to escape the control of the Rovelan of East German authorities, in particular re- furces

Fiery Attack

the street when about 60| attpek been formed

for a long time in the Lan- don slums, but it is only recently that their "rumbles" have resulted In violent dealbs.

often been regretted. And deal test vietin was an 10 Papers In Order

with the passing of the dollar notes they will ac quire nano value of their ern particularly in Sunday collection

pintes

to

during

The Defence Department year-old former saflor, Alan

He was spokesman announced that the Johnson. Godfrey stabbed three times in the bacle boarding party had returned to ile heart and the stomach-the American vessel, which then

rock n roll dance of headed for Artemis, Newfound

The Soviet ship suited We suid carlier the dirly Tuesday in the East End dis- land.

travelling on a northerly course. dollur notes were a menace | trict of Breontree.

He said the Destroyer's health. Two bank After two days and nights of

skipper. Lt Cmdr. E. J. Korte, tellers used to counting intensive questioning. London

reported that the boarding and bundling small notes pollee today arrested George

hlm party found the Soviet vessel and charged Illness Conney, 19, contracted serious

Police sald

dcopoca in

equipped for and were away for months, with murder.

told fishing and that all its papers that Cooney of licking court today

were in order. them "I am ashamed I used the

"The master

of the trawler

and there were no indications of intentions other than fishing,”

the trawler

finger-tips to count paper knife to fight him. He assault- money

The practice

is not recommended at

kill him." U.P.I.

danger of dirt and disease

Was

that nery

SAL

future

25

THE QUEEN

He added that he had writ MEETS TOP MEN

Washington Invitation

Ceaders

in

London, Feb. 28. The Queen held another of hor private luncheon parties at Buckingham Palace today to mee!

various spheres of the national life. Guests today included Sir Malcolm Sargent, the conductar, Mr Graham Sutherland, the artist, and Mr Glen Dyam Show, or the Shakespeare

Washington, Feb. 20. Ometals sald today that the director Secretary of State John Foster Memorial Theatre at Stratford- Dulles has told British Prime on-Avon. Minister Harold Macmillan that he would be most welcome to come to the United States after his visit to Moscow..

Others were Sir Robert Hall cconemic adviser to the govern- ment, Professor Sir Charles Dodds, director of the Courtauld Macmillan already

has Institute of Biochemistry scheduled brief visits to Bona Middlesex Hospital, London, and and Paris after his return from Lord Merthyr, Deputy speaker Moscow.--U.P.I.

of the House of Lords.-Router.

Queen Still Going

Pretoria, Feb. 26. African women fled scream- ing through a barbed wire

Observers here belleve fence and fall moaning in President Eisenhower's

on Soviet policies In armed police batan-charg-| reply to Mr Khrushchev's ed more than 2,000 of strongly anti-West speech on

tend to Tuesday will

onfitrit thom in Lady Selborne the Soviet leader's belfer in the

Le Monde zuld "the question African township near unprofitability of talks with any does not seem to constitute a of who stamps the documents here today

-country-but-the-United States,big enough stake for resorting The

will to force---Reuter. Many Westerners here protest against Identity cards sax yesterday's incident of Mr at palice and Khrushchev's toothache as Eu and had jeered newspapermenxample of cool indifference

British feelings, although BRITONS DRINK || Buckingham Palace source to- Four people were taken to would be going too far to call

one with a bullett a snub. hospital, wound in the thigh and the other three with concussion. It Eighteen others were treated Macmllion to decide whether

ho wants to for minor injuries.

engage in in- formal talks with Mr Khrushchev on the possibility of summit meeting.

women

trad met

10

Seven people were arrested.

The incident began when deputation of women who hud.

+

now up to Mr

No commitinents would be

MORE TEA

London, Feb, 20, Brilong drank more ten last year than ever before-over ten pounds per capita-according to Agures issued today by the

the native commissioner return- mler could make some final Ceylon produced Д record cd and made speeches to a lorge evaluation of what the Soviet | crop of 403 million pounds of crowd.

terms for a summit meeting which Britain took 101 millon When police arrived and would be and what effect pounds-the highest angusl operating in the ordered the crowd to disperse such a proposal would have figures for fifteen years and The Queen has ordered one vicinity of the reported cable the women flung stones at them

on the Soviet Berlin "ultima- enough to make 30 thousand and the police charged-Reultr. | tum."---Router.

million cups-UP.I. week's family mourning from interruptions," U.P.I.

buy time. But with coins, this ed me rst. I did not mean to was friendly and co-operative protested against the passes to possible but the British Pre- Ceylon tea centre,

will be largely eliminated. Mr Week's Mourning log revealed that

ihis report said. "The vessel's

Arthur Clarke points out they can be washed. Thus we acquire a more costly but also more durable and hygienic currency whose ap plication might even extend

to parking meters.

16

Herv

London, Feb, 20.

today for Princess Arthur

Connaught who died today.

of

had been

carrying the Tables Turned U.S., Britain Working

This will not prevent her out two engagements already arranged wide for the coming week-Rou

one budget .proposal

approval.

that

will. win

ter.

No More Panic

Shows

London, Feb. 26.

Clinton, Tenn, Feb. 20. Trooper Fred Brown arrested motorist Oliver II. Anderson for speeding and drove him to gaol to lodge the complaint.

Anderson charged the trooper

with exceeding the speed rat

on the trip to gaol,

So far, the charge against Anderson has been dropped but Brown's cast still is pending.

The Independent Television Authority, which controls commercial, television in Britain, has directed that there must be no repelliton of a simulated news U.P.I. announcement last Friday which said that a satellite was hovering over London.

Mr Kenneth Thompson, Assistant Postmaster General Roaring Welcome

told the House of Commons this today when asked by Mr John Rankin (Labour) what action had been

Istanbul, Feb. 20. Premier Adnan Menderes taken to avoid panic caused by bogus news reports.

returned from the London On Friday night televiewers were jolted by an

Cyprus talks today to a roar- "announcer" who was really an actor warning ing welcome from 100,000 thom that an "unknown and terrifying satellite" was poopla. hanging polsed over London.

It was not for some moments that some peoplo realised they were watching a television play. Router.

|

Crowds

jammed the airport.

On Missile Defence

London, Feb. 26.

of

The United States and Britain are working together to devise a defence against rocket missiles, Minister Supply, Aubrey Jones disclosed today.

can

Jones told the Houre of sparking during 1 two-day | Jones said. "It is an important Commons, "I do not think we Parlimentary defence dobale, reinforcement and

xay It fa impossible to deviac a defence against the ballistic missile, But it will ne:d a fremendous amount of research and development."

Co-operative

"We are in fact in the middle and all roads leading Into the of working out a co-operative

elty to cheer and wave. n. Mr programma" with the UB. on

the most Jolies said. Eiritain's new practical successor to the Thor super-aperet Blue Streak mla- and Jupiter reukele." alle, which la ropaled to hayo Jones sold Britain sooner or 2,000-mile range and will later must. Join the US. and be fred from underground Russin in the space rocket race. launoking, kites," ie the only

Britain will shortly begin.con- aingin mage. Intermediate mla-struction of its first atomic- Bile being developed by the powered submarine ho asid. West, The "U.f. hia ngi gui The now submarine would be such a' weapon, he said.ja of a beavy tonnage and of the "Blue Streak is not a duplica Dreadnought type-UPI, and

Menderes passed by --UPI. this," he added. Jones: was ton of what the US has," Franco-PreEvo.

To Ghana

at

kendonu. Esta Ricamine:Blazqarat-wearinxpected-to-lekom: her place.

day described as "absolutely | Vesterday, a Palace, spokesman untrue" a press report that the axld the Quoen håd approved „Queen had called off her visli In 'principle the appointment.

to Ghana this autumn.

of a Ghanaian a one of her The report had said the reason preas secretaries for the Royal the Queen would not carry out tour. Ha MAN not yet been the four was uncertainty about

named. the British general election It la understood to be the Queen's date. It added that Princess own Idea Reuter.

Introducing

PRINCE

PHILIP

by His Friends THEY say you can tell a man by his friends. Now

friends of Prince Philip have for the first time -fold of their best remembered moments with him. To give a readers a fascinating, intimata plature of the man who is coming to Hongkong next week, the CHINA MAIL. vroudly presenía tomorrow the first of two articles on the Duke of Edinburgh, written by those who knew him beat his friends.

This series will introduce and provide the back round for the CHINA MAIUS full coverage of the Royaj visit. Included in tomorrow's big weekend edition aro

The Third Man in Hongkong..the story of Orson Welles' recent visit to the Colony.

The Fleet That Had To Die....the last of three dx- elling chapters on the world's prentest sca ̈sapa; .... The Hongkong Police....another in the serios" on old Hongkong by CHINA MAIL writer John Luß, Also all your favourila comies, "cartoons, and puzzles, articles for the housewife, a special page for children, sporta nows and previews, the latest' news photos--and many other highlights for your wochend reading ploysure. Take home a copy of the (CHINA MAIL. tomorrow!`