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BRITAIN'S TOP SOLDIER SHOWS

HIS PRIVATE ARSENAL A

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General Festing relaxes among his swords.

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In His Inner Sanctum.....

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by HUGH POND

WITH gentle stroking movements of a 3 ft. shining steel blade, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff sliced a sheet of War Office paper into thin ribbons.

General Sir Francis Festing had invited me into the inner conclum where he works overlooking the Horse Guards and was demonstrating his rare hobby-Samural swords.

(General Festling was G.0.C. Hongkong from 1943 to February, 1947, and later, became overall General Officer Commanding-in-chiet in 1949.

He is one of the few men outside Japan to collect them. He has 60, Cleaning and maintaining them takes much of his spare time.

Honour

These swords were the weapons of the Samural knights of feudal Japan. As the badge of their rank they wore two swords, a long and a short.

The long one was the fighting weapon, considered the reposi- tory of a knight's loyalty.

The shorter one was the repository of his honour and with this, when necessary, knights committed hara-kiri.

Any golfer who can make a successful drive should be able to deliver a biserting blow with a Sanmural sword. "It is the sam technique," explained the C.i.a.S. "Keep your eye on the target and strike,"

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Legend

In spite of the many apocryphal stories going the rounds the Keneral has never killed a Japanese in single combat. He did receive in surrender the sword of General Matsuyama, commander of 38th Japanese Division in Burma. Ife returned this sword to the general's widow.

Samurai swords, Ilke diamonds, can be lucky or unlucky for their owners. Sir Francis owns one made by sinister sword- smith, Muramasa, whose owners are "pre-disposed towards

ulelde or murder": "I keep my tingers crossed," he says.

CENSURE

Red Threat To Middle East MOTION

FURTHER HUSSEIN ASKS FOR

CLASHES IN IRAQ

Damascus, April 20. The Damascus newspaper Alwohda, quoting a "well- informed source" who had just arrived from Iraq, today reported bloody clashes between Com- munists and leftist Na- tional Democrats headed by Kamel Djudarji.

It said the rift between the two parties had become 20 wide. thal The Communists hud arvested Djudarji's son Nusseir. The leftist leader is sald to have complained personally to the fragl Prime Minister, Major-General Abdul Karim wi -Strumpban Cynnwrist praz

vacations.

Alwalul also reported a 24- hour elish in northwestern Iraq between

UNDERSTANDING AND QUICKER AID

London, April 20.

King Hussein of Jordan told a Press conference here today that he was glad to note that at long last the realisation was growing that Com- munism constituted the greatest danger in the Middle East. The King is now in London on a 10-day "private visit.”

Ike's Plan

For N-Test Altitude

Comun/resident Effenhowera

Silunan triaestri,

16 Communists were said to have been killed and eight in- jured. The Shumumny tribe suffered three casualties.

PAVING WAY

newspaper

Quating the same rouree, the reported that Corn- munist's In Iraq were paving the way for eliminating the Military

Governor, General Saleh el Abdi, and replacing him by the Communist leader

Taha Sehikh Ahmad.

The King said his nation needs better understand- ing and quicker aid from the United States and Britain.

"We

DEFEATED

London, April 20. The Government defeated a Labour opposition censuro motion on its pensions palley by 319 votos to 256-a majority of 63---

A

SHEAFFER'S

Skrip

The six-foal-four General studies the three foot blade of a Samural sword,

They Caused Italian Church-State Crisis, Now It's All

All Off

Florence, April 20.

From the Filos

25

years

AGO

Mongkong and Kowloon

NÆR C. E. Terry of the

Wharf and Godown Co was involved in a motor accident yesterday. He was driving hla

car along Waterlou Road when near the june- tion of Pelco Avenue ho accidentally knocked down a woman, Tsang Lai, aged 41. She was sent to hospital. Mr L Paget, living at Savarin Hause, cried to the Police that while riding his motor cycle in Nathan Road near the corner of Haiphong Rond, he accident- ally knocked down Mr C. J. Rozerto No 17 Cameron Road. The injured man way taken to hospital.

Mian Bernice Bryan of Beo Bryan's Studio at Shanghai and Mr Robert Nicholson Learmonth of the China Navigation Ce were quietly married recently in H. M. Con- aulate General.

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Inspector E. A. Vincent, fingerprint expert of the Hongkong Police Pored is re- tiring on pension tomorrow. sailing on the Carthage, Serut Groves and Serpt Winslade, both of the Motor Police Section are proceeding on leave on the same ship. Mr D. K.

King, Deputy Super+ intendent of Police Reserve, is also a passenger,

THE fact that a recent

motor fatality is at- tributed to bad street light- Ing will not have surprised anyone, said the South China Morning Post in a leading article.

The authorities have carried

woman whose civil wedding touched off a church-out a number of experiments in state crisis applied today for legal separation but it cannot yet be said that

from her "free-thinking" husband,

Mrs Loriana Belkand! teft her in the House of Commons husband's home over Easter tok- tonight,

£300 million in lax

the Most Rev. Pietro Flordelli,

ing their son with her. She The Opposition complained charged her husband, Micro that the Government's Budget kept insulting her to the point of proposals contained

making life impossible, nothing for old age pensioners, though celebre two years ago by suing The Bellandis started a cate It gave reliefs to other sections of the Bishop of Prato, who had pubile- community.

ly called them "concubines and Mr John Boyd-Carpenter, sinners" for refusing

D church Minister of Pensions, sald the wedding. Opposition's right to the Government was activated Catholica rallied behind

Italy split in two over the case. by the fact that their record bishop. Anti-clericals, led by

cenzuro

the

was nothing like as good as the the Communists, made the Bel- landis their valtying point is n Government's

bitter campaign against "church |interference" in Italy.

NOW HIGHER The actual level of benefits being knocked Asked whether a treaty was now was higher than at any ubout Ul every side and it being discussed between Jordan time that the Opposition held seems to take a very long line on the one hand and UK and office.

roline Whitby US on the other to quaranta and to adopt measures of the frontiers of Jordan the proper alstance," the young King said: "No. We feel that our

relations are deeper than treaty," France Proses and King Hussein said that the | U-MI. in Iraq Wng de teriorating. The Communists were getting the upper band in thoir the country.

has

monarch said o

Augusta, April 19,

suggested to Soviet Prime situation Minister, Mr Nikita Khrushchov, that

ther

news

ron-

two countries agree to He said he did not kriow If prohibit Dorial nuclear President Nusser was fighting teste at an altitude of less Communism in Iraq or "whe- he is fighting a group than 30 miles, the White because they did not give him House revealed tonight. the opportunity to control that The President's holiday head. country." quarters made public the coll tents of a letter dated Ayall 13 in which Mr Eisenhower sald:

"If we could agree to such

End Misery This, it said, was to be the

Regarding Israel, King Hus-The preliminary step toward placing Initial Implementation of the

sein said "we wish that solu- all senior key pouts in Comfrst-and I might add the most

on of our problems with munist hands, to be next fol- Important-phase of a test sus

Israel can be worked out which lowed by the eventual elimina-pension agreement, our negotia. would be based on justice,"

Such a colution fors could continue to explore

should end with new hope the political and the nisery of the refugees of

Palestine. technical problema involved in extending the agtrement ns

ten of Prime Minister Kassern from 'offee.-Reuter.

New Air Deputy quickly as possible to cover all

Air

Named

nuclear weapons tests.

NO REPLY

Paris, April 20, "A simplified control system Vice-Marshal W. G.

for mosphork teals up to 50 Cheshire of Britain was named kilometres (30 mica) wuld be Deputy Commander-in-Chief of readily derived from the Geneva Allied forces in the Mediter-experts report and would not

anan today.

require the automatic on-site The announcement was made inspection which has created by the SuPETITIE Commander, the major stumbling block in General Lauris Norstad, who the negotiations so far," Fuld that Air Vice-Marshal The White House›› Press

Cheshire would assume his now Secretary, Mr James Hagerty. post in May, when he will re- said there had been no reply place Air Marshal Bir Edward so far to Mr Elsenhower's loiter Chillon-France-Presse.

te Mr Khrushcher-Reciter,

Printed and published by TmENCE GORDON NEWLANDS PEARCE for and on behalf of South China Morning Post. Limited of 1-3 Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong.

The Beards Will Stay

Chinese Sitdown

In Plane

Singapore, April 20. 14-man People's Ching trada delegation bound for Djakarta caused mild 'uproar at Singapore in- tornational airport today when

they refused leave their Air India Superconstellation 'äftor it grounded hore with engine trouble.

to

When the aircraft made the unscheduled landing here the passengers were asked to leave the plarie, but the Chinese..re- fused Washington, April 20.

to go unless a speciar

them When will Cuban Prime Minis.light was laid on for

ter Fidel Castro shave off the

ollowing them to continue to beard that has become the

Djakarta. symbol of his revolutionary government?

Even when the plane was He was asked that question to Senior airline officials thally towed to hangar, the Chloese refused to quit their seals. day at a National Press Club gave up their attempts to coax Jusch.

them out of the "We have said," he replied "that chartered a Malayan Always plane and when we finish our job we are Skymaster to ferry the stranded going to cut our 'boards."-delegation to the Indonesian U.P.I.

| capital-France-Prosse,

Suspended

When a-Florence-court-con

A Government amendmented Dishop Fördel of de firning that I would continuefamation and imposed a line of to maintain and improve Den- 40,000 Hire (304), which was sui5- sions to the fullest extent con- pended, the late Pope Plus XII Estent with falinese gall colled celebrations 4 wlds scelions of the community and coronation anniversery in "blt- with the avoidance of inflation, terness." In Bologna, Giacomo was carried by 319 volen to 256 Cardinal Lercaro ordered - majority of 03-Neuler. churches draped in mourning and

bells tolled for a month.

Monaco Denial

A court of appests later re- versed the decision.

Shortly before the first trial Paris, April 20 Sources close to the household opened, Bellandi was struck by of Princess Grace of Monaco paralysis which left him a near- today discounted reports from invalid. Neighbours said his ill- Lausanne that she was

ex-ness made him irritable and pecting a third child before the this was probably at the root end of this year.-Chiba Mali of the breakup of his marriage. Siportal.

-U.P.I.

The Duke Goes

Through Canal

Tho

Balboa, April 20.

the

Duke of Edinburgh today travelled through Panama Canut on the bridge of the royal yacht. Bri- tannia, listening intently to the Canal pilot's explaus- tions of problems involved.

The yacht Ian Balboa three hours later than scheduled after the Duke had altered his plans in Panama City, the explini.

·Instead of returning to the Britannia bern last night after a siale dinner President Ernesto de La Guardia's palace, he vizlied the homes of Panamanian Dolablee whom he met during the evening.

The Duke naked that his Paraná police motor-cyclo escort Should be soni kamo to bed.

The Britannis left Balbos dook at 6 am local time and was expected to emerge from the Canal on the Allsaifo side at about 3.30 pm-Router,

FAMILY OF 7 ON PENSION

the Illumination of the streets,

|the lighting is satisfactory.

Even in the most fortunate parts of the Colony it in diferent.

far

Some of the lights are from being sufficiently powerful and where there are powerful lights these appear to be defied still by zones of darkness.

TELLA Benson, the-

well-known novelist Abartillery. MIGHTY one year old EIG

"Me | who lived in Hongkong for Martha Weaver of Abert many years, left estate in Jary, Mon.. claimed record England valued at almost when her "baby brother" Fred £7,000. Copper, drew his nest old age pension money.

Fred la one of a family of seven

for

.

It will be recalled that after

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leaving the Colony, Stella Ben- that Mrs Weaver cared

son wrote highly allrical after their mother died.

article en relal Life in the higher strata In Now all are drawing old uko

Hongkong, pensions and sho, thinks

which ran cn lines, suggesting that unique record-has been set up diary concerning the people she ยก tutspoken personpl Sister Ada, 70, lives in

shire, Nellia, 77, in Swansea, met in the Colony, would cause Mabet, 72, in Bussex, William, much heart-burning. 69, in Newport, and Anola. Misa Benson's husband 74 and Winifred, 87, at Mr J. C. O'Gorman — Andersen- Abertillery.

Inf the Chinese, Morlume Cups - The family are proud

of their toms,

Yorks

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old age pension books. Mra He was asked to give between Weaver said: "They are seats 20 to 30 volumes of, her of approval on the way I have į published writings to Cambridge brought the family up. I bo- University on condition that Have this to be aracord."— they were not

50 opened for China Mali Special.

years.

This Funny World

"I might as well get some use

out of this evening gown!