1960-02-10 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL,

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1950

Pago 3

Unruly crowd spoils

Labour forces emergency debate on Cyprus

BRITAIN TO STAND FAST Billy Graham meeting

'No room for

give' Selwyn

Lloyd states

London, Feb. 9.

by

The Government tonight stood

its demands on the central issue of its Cyprus policy despite serious Labour criticism of "intransigence.” Mr Selwyn Lloyd, the Foreign Secretary, told an emergency debate in the House of Commons that there was "no room for give" in Britain's demands for 120 square miles of sovereign base area in an independent Cyprus.

This ik about BU square

Anglo-Cyprio! talks in Cyprus

miles more than Archblahop yesterday aimed at eccuring in- the Greek-Cypriot dependence for the Island by

Makarios.

fender, is offering.

It

LA- But Mr Dents Healey, bour Party -foreign affairs spokestaan, leading the attack

The Government said might have to think of sur. rendering sovereignty In order to e Cypriot t-operalium.

Such co-operation in "regard to the bates was essential," he

sold.

March 19.

Le It would Mr Lloyd sold better to reach agreement be

now date for in- fore setung a

now twice post- dependence,

There was no break- poned.

negotia- town In the overall เ ม .

Mr James Callaghan. Labour's colonial affairs spokesman, sald the opposition was determined nut to allow the Government to which self into a cleft stick where, for reasons of prestige, it would

The debat after there was no vole was called

by Labour after Mr Lloyd had to go to Puriknment and

reported on the breakdown of

Storekeeper is boycotted

Livingstone, Feb. 9.

suy negotiations had broken down and Cyprus would remain la rotony.

One reason

Earlic in the day, Mr. Hugh Galtskell. the Opposition Leader, criticising Mr. Lloyd's sald altitude," “Intronagent nubody wanted a return to the "conflict, hatred and bitternesi," An African storekeeper who that existed in Cyprus before

had a drink in the Living-the agreement,

Mr Galtskell was referring to stone airport restaurant |

the four years of when Mr Harold Mac- strife in Cyprus from 1955

munal millan, British Prime 1959, during which 142 Britons Minister, arrived there and more than 300 others last month is being boy, killed. cotted by the African National Congress and the United National In- dependence Party.

Pickris outside his store. Libuyu African township are asking customers to return thele purchases, and he said his daily takings had dropped about £50 to £1.

from

Police are standing by in the township to maintain tow and onder-Chbia Mail Special,

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were

One reason given by Mr Lloyd for the size of the British bases was the need for room in oper- ate equipment in emergency.

The 11th International Gifts and Fancy Goods Show was opened in Blackpool last week by the Duchess of Gloucester. The oddest item on show is a duster that costs three gulneas a duster in mink, Picture shows the Duchess of Gloucester taking a close look at a nautical nutcracker.—Express Photo,

Freedom date for

Trotsky's killer

TH

BY PETER VANE

New York, Feb. 9.

HE date has been fixed for the release from prison of Jacques Mornard, the notorious assassin who killed exiled Bolshevist leader Leon Trot sky with an ice axe in Mexico in 1940. Mornard will step out of Mexico City jail on August 17-just three days short of the 20th anniversary of Trotsky's death.

An official

Mexico's, age, and exact political, afilia- Ministry of Information gave ions have never brea proved. me the date over the telephone. He would say nothing more.

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But it was expected that

He referred to the installa-Mornard will be smuggled out tions already in the areas and of the prison and driven straight those which had to be brought to the airport. into them. "many of then of a secret nature."

For the Mexican authorities

Mr Healey opened the debate do not want in the absence through thess of Mexico after Mr Aneurin Bevan, deputy year sentence. Labour leader, who is in hos pital recovering from an ab- dominal operation, Realer.

A British Crossword Puzzle

33

ACROSS

3 Knife. (4)

7 Of less algolficance, dash 11:

(5)

Rundan always one in fremt?

(4)

0 Heavy part for a good actor?

(4)

10 Singing bird, of course. (7)

12 Spot, (4)

15 Kipling's lndly. (5)

18 fromation be crooked?

(4)

qu

10 College window. (5)

21 Worship. (5)

16

₤20

DOWN

1 Fellow about 49 in Italy. (8)

2 Brittle acrobat? (7)

4 The

(5)

Sappers are not here!

5 Wall for an offer with

letler, (4)

6 50-amp bulb? (4)

2

The opposite of borrowed

time? (4)

11 Covers Inside, (5)

13 Pins up a cert. (4)

14 Yellow burden? (4)

blade,

feelings of Inexlical men. (4)

10 A two-way

might say. (B)

22 Back the favourites for pro- 17 Serently

motion. (4)

23 Pry. (5)

20 Tarif in some numeries, (4)

20 Short of rice in a cooking

utens Servo fruit! (7)

30 Knock sharply, (4)

31 Minor drawback (4)

32 Cotton king? (0)

33 End of a pools coupon. (4)

18 In French good la

but a blessing. (4)

ONL

Another mystery is the read reason why he killed Trotsky.... who became Stalin's arch enemy after they had quarrolled.

Mornard's own Explanation was that he was "a disillusioned Trotskyite."

But Mexican defectives said him to slay In he was acting on the orders of

20- Stalin. serving his

Mystery man

Where will Mornard go?

knows, it is une aystery attached to the whose nationality, real

No

PHOTO

G7L

Identification technique

San Francisco, Feb. 9.

Now the Mexican authorities Icar

revenge attack on Mornard once he is released.

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Mornard's 20 years in jail haur Tiot been hard. He gets regular cash remittance from un unknown person on the out- side.

Off to Russia?

Each Sunday he receives the Mexican woman he calls bls wife in a private room in the "guest-house" division of the prison.

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Helicopter crash

New York, Feb. 2.

Согра A U.S. Marino hellcopter with 10 aboard crashed at sea last night off Vieques, Puerto Rico. A spokesman said one killed WAR naval officer and four other pernoas were injured, two criu- cally-AP.

Souvenir

from Waterloo

London, Feb. 9.

Under Mexico's lenient, "con- X-ray pictures of bones in jur visit" regulation prisoners The saw used to amputato man's hand and wrist can collare allowed to spend several

clusively prove identity, even hours alone with their wives long after death, a Stanford University anatomist reports in every wodke

the current issue of Selence Momard mei the woman, magazine.

Roquelja Mendon, 19 years ago! Dr William W. Grutlich, Pro-when she was visiting a relative fessor of Anatomy at Stanford at the prison. Since then sho Medipal School, was assigned by has regularly visited him. the Army to find a technique for identification that would works even where Anger-prints or den- tal charts were no longer avail- Rule.

Dr Grucllch concentrated on

She has mada only one com-

ment on his release "Jacques

ay go to Russia," she said.

AIR CHIEFS CLASH IN LIBEL

CASE

Enugu, Feb. 9. Near chaos threatened to break up Billy Graham's first

public meeting at Enugu stadium fxít night, Ong action of the 24,000 Nigerians assembled in the philly packed stadion prossed forward for a better view of the Amerkan evangelist, trampling on elderly women and children,

The welcome address by the Premier of the eastern region, Dr Michaol Okpata, was drown-| ed by their screams and the general comanatlan by the un- ruly congregation.

Alany left the stadium be- fore Graham delivered his SUTTON because the loud- speaker system was not work- tur properly.

London, Feb. 9. Evidence was concluded in

the High Court today in Graham pleaded with the an action brought by Air crowd for 18 minutes but was Vice Marshal William heard by the majority. Ernest Staten who alleges Order was finally restored by Clint Barrows, Graham's song he was libelled in the book tooder,-AP "Pathfinder" by Air Vice- Marshal Donald Bennett, Australian-born Alg Vico- Morzhal Bonnett formed the British Pathfinder Bquadron which led the bamberg on opera- tions in World War II,

DARAS

Ar Vice-Marshal Stulan contends that references in the book to meetings between the two men

invented to smear his reputation

Defendant denies defamation and pleads that what he wrote was true,

WORE SHORTS Cliving evidence today Air Vice-Marshal Bennelt meid that 1040 he was appointed flying the Atlantic superintendent of Ferry Organisation under the British Ministry of Aircraft Production,

When plaintiff reported to his offer in Montreal he was wear Ing shorts, which were not the Correet dress.

"I told him to go away and come back properly dressed," the defendant added. "We had an altercation. He made it cleur he was a senior Royal Air Force considered himself ofeer. He

independent Important, civilians and red tape.

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son had to use threats to put

Spate of fires in UK

London, Feb. 2. Fires in Britain today caused the death of a Liverpool man and fareed more than 20 others to flee from their homes.

Firemen, wearing breathing their way apparatus, forced into the home of 82-year-old John Jones and found his clothes ablage. He died before renching hospital

Red Dean

as defence

witness in German trial

ed

Duesseldorf, Feb. 9.

The Dean of Canterbury, Dr Howlett Johnson, appear- as a defence witness here today in the trial of six members of the West German "Peace Com- mittee."

They are charged with endan- gering the state and with mern-

DR JOHNSON

It was Liverpool's third early morning re tatality in less than 45 hours, An elderly couple died in a bedroom, blaze at their bership of an cnti-constitutional home on Sunday morning.

organisation.

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front

the organisation of

Lanned in Communist Party, |West Germany.

A mother rescued her Ave In the trial which clorted last children from two blazing bed-year the prosecution alleged that "In the course of the discus-rooms and fted Into the street in the "Peace Committee" acted as

another Liverpool fire today, him back on the ship if he didn't too the line. That was a standard formula for anyone who did not. It was used fre- quently but happily not carried out."

When they met again Leeming air base, Yorkshire, plaintiff "certainly knew him" again. "He was emphatic that I was the commanding ofcer of the squadron and he was the commanding officer of the whole statfor."

Were

In London, 12 people, includ= ing four babies, rushed to safety when fire swept the top floor of Eighty-six-year-old Dr John- son, was allowed to remain sent- their house during the night.

ed while he testified under oath. afterwards London Shortly art

fremen rescued a man and CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES

typer woman trapped in the

He told the court through an

that rooms of a public house.

thero Interpreter families Two

were Surrey forced to leave their homes Communists among the members of the international peace move- while firemen battled flares-ment, but he added: "I am glad China Mail Special.

about this because they work for it not on orders from the party but na friends of peace." The aims of the peace move- ment were in line with Christian principles, ho said.

A CATCHPHRASE

Defendant continued: "He used the catchphrase 'I am the only cock that crows on this muckheap. I don't think he meant of his station. Indeed I am quite sure he would not. He cited the cutchplirage us an expressive and exact way of summing up the situation.”

Cross-examined by Mr Colin Duncan, defendant agreed that his experience was mostly with civilian aying. He had eight or nine years with the Royal Air Force;

Sir Anthony

leaves

St. Vincent

The Dean told the court he did not know personally any one of the six accused, who include two former Protestant ministers, but, he said, he sympathised with their efforts to so0 to -.. through

West the

German "Pears Comunitto" and the "World Peace Council"that in

Kingstown, Feb. 9. ternational disputes would in

be settled through

and not through

Dr Johnson

war.

Air Vice-Marshai Former British Prime Minis-future Staton's service career was for ter Sir Anthony Eden said negotiations

had recently today he most of his adult life.

suffered another attack of favor.

possible

Air Vice-Marshal Bennett said he thought "healthy and frank the right leg of Lord comment" the best Uxbridge, British cavalry thing for any service. He did commander at the Battle not think the references in his book but Air Vice-Marshal of Waterloo, has beenStaton in "a ridiculous presented to the National He had frequently had Army Museum at Sand-maddening things said

himself. hurst.

The hearing was adjourned tomorrow.China Mail

The saw WES presented by until Rear Admiral James Powell, a Special. great-grandson of the army sur- But if Mornard is an old-geon who carried out the opera-

Communist who killed style

27 bones of the human hand and Trotsky on Stalin's orders, would wrist.

he be welcome in Khrushchev's They varied distinctively in Russia? That is the big ques very individual" he reported tion that will be answered in "oven in X-ray pletures of 40 August. sets of Identical twins."-Reuter,

-(London Express Service).

DISC JOCKEY'S

ADMISSION

Washington, Feb. 9.

one A former Cleveland, Ohio, disc jockey who was dis- missed on payola (bribery) charges admitted today that he received more than $12,800 (£4,600) over a two-year period fröm gramo- phone record distributors.

in

nothing

20 Feels discontent about some

treon. (7)

22 Propitiatory gifts, (4)

24 Soldiers good for nothing

(3)

23 hoda's fortune? (0)

7 Welsher? (4)

However, the ex-disc jockey, jamong the huge mass of records Joseph Finan, said that in only arriving

on in 1818.

Lerd Uxbridge's leg, shattered

Hight." more about

flow here for the second time to testify in the trial. Last week he came only He said this as he and Lady to learn that the hearings und Eden left by plane for nearby been postponed due to sudden Antigua Island, continuing theirness of the publle prosecutor.

Reuter Caribbean vacation.

"My wife and I have spent some delightful weeks hers in St Vincent," he said. "Nothing could have been more indly or more thoughtful then your welcome to us and we have en- joyed every mament of our stay. the "Unfortunately towards and E. mpumbed to another of

Large amount those fevers which i hure

in the battle, was later burled |

at Waterloo, in in a garden Belgium. A monument erected over it is still vislied by tourists. Lora Uxbridge later become the Art Marquis of Anglesey and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. The

His sister published in a col- lection of letters a letter from his aids-do-camp describing the amputation with the saw.

"He never moved or com- plained. No one even held his hands. He caid once quite calmly that he thought the in- strument was not very sharp China Mail Special.

Tea tasting marathon

New York, Feb. n. each work" at Feven top American tea: ex-

ons Instance did he agreo to Cleveland radio station KYW, perte today begun a thren-day play a certain firm's records on which dismissed him on Decem-tasting and entfilng marathon to this progrimane in exchange for ber 3.

28 The language used in our payments. ~, durbars, (4)

VESTERDAY'S Cnossword-Acrom: 1 No-vice, 7 Eple, Mulet, 10 Haven, 11 Aren, 13 Experiment, 18 Thug, 10 Iras, 19 Step-parent, 22 1lnie, 21 Heron, 20 A-DD-le, 20 Bowl. 27 Illning. Hawn: 2 Ox-lip. 3 Inter, 4 Exhumo, & Levanter, 0 Fine, Perth, 12 Aught, 18 Edit-, 14 Easterty, 17 An-Row, 18 Opener, 20 A-mass, 21 E'-M Di-en, 33 A-hoy.

He told a congressional muut committee that in the offer cases he agreed to give "special consideration" to certain record labels,

To oxplained this as "agree- Ing to watch for oerlain Tabele

Ho said that when he spot ted the label of a firm with which he had an agreement, he would fluten so it and I he Uked it he would play on his programme but if he did not Ilk. If he wouldn't play AP,

select what was called the "highest standard in the world” for the 108 million lb. of Im- ported tea that annually enters the country..

Americana drink 30,000 ml- on euos of ten each year. Most of the imported fea comed from India, Ceylon and Indonesia.--- China Mull Special

of coins

Shabani, Feb. 9. two city-taught sons of an aged African from reserve

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undergo from time to time an it resulted in our having to leave here a fow days late. Good luck to you all and we hope to visit you gain some day."-AP.

Shabani. near Southern Rhodesin, took

India disputes

their father to the local Chinese claims

agent of a building society recently.

New Delhi, Feb. D.

The Indian Government has

The three of them walked in- accused the Chinese of claiming

had

MP fears spread of radioactive sand

London, Feb. 9. Kobert Allan, British Foreign Under Becretary, 10- day rojooted a suggestion that Britain should make repTEMERI» fations to (rence about the Ranger of radioactivo reaching Malls, when France exploded her atom bomb,

Mr Allan told the House of

export,

carly

to the office carrying a battered larger and larger chunks of Commons that M. Julca Moch, suitcase, containing an assort--Indian territory on recent Chi French aizenament Imont of coms. A few hourenose map.

Inter the counter clerk an-

The Government is going to had said in the United Nationa nounced the tola), £800,

towards south, west put on public sale in a few days that experts agreed there was

no wind

which could The old man told the bulkan allts of the northern entier of north

of India. It contains 30 maps anything 900 miles from the trg society that his sons persuaded him to invest the selected to support India's case Sahara site.

In the dispute with China over money rather than hoard it at

5,000 square miles of Himalayan Malta was 1,500 miles from home —AFP.

bottler territory,

the French alto," he added •Ho A foreword dated January 15 was answering Mr Stan Awbery says the atlus is a "representa- (Labour) who said he had sent Livo collection of maps from details to the Foreign Secretary which it will be clear, that the of evidence that wind blowinH northern frontier of India ostrom' the Bahars would carry Algiers, Feb. 9. shawn on offesal Indian maper is sand to Malta. Robert Schmelek newly in the traditional boundary between

Mr Awbery asked if stalled publié prosecutor for Indta and China. Offlelal and Algeria today lodged swif, unoMelat. Indian, Chinese, Bri- Foreign Secretary would "Ittaico firm and impartia) judicialish, French and German maps the normy representations action against those responsible have been showing that boun-sunk take steps to prevent tale for Inst month's rightwing in- dary, allattuent for many yesta dangor. sponding

| toårligeled)"---#{0x150. surrection in Algiers--AFP. past."-Aemciated Press.

Swift action

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