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Comment POISON BID: ISRAEL ACCUSED

Of The

Day Egypt tells of

Korea debacle

crackdown

Christian Herter's on spy rings

Msharf criticism of South

Korea's "repressive men- Bares" to put down student

Cairo, Apr. 20.

demonstrations will win oud The United Arab Republic has officially

cheers throughout Ash. For years, 1 regime Minaque- rading under the guise of democracy has lectured ita

despotic neighbours on the

meaning of freedom, ignor- Ing the travesty within ita own border,. Now is the time for President Syngman Rhee to begin the long overdue business of putting his own house in order. The American State Depart- ment made this amply clear when it publicly supported the atatement by its am- bassador in Seoul, Mr Walter BicConnaughy. This spoke of the "justable grie

of vances"

the ricters which included

A

accused Israel of trying to poison Presi- dent Nasser. Greek waiter accused of making the poisoning attempt, as well as two Italians and one Dutch- man are among those arrested in a vast crack- down on alleged Israeli spy rings announced by a Government spokesman today.

South Africa

may ease

irregular racial

ties during the March presidential elections.

In

fact the ambassador's state- ment prejudges the inquiry

racial policy

Johannesburg, Apr. 20.

which the South Korean The South African Govern-

authorities have been forced

and

по

ment is considering eas- to initiate and this puta ing up its racial policy. President Rhee in

There is nem-

question of barrassing

Me policy difficult abandoning

of apartheid. but of humanising position.

and Improving the material conditions of the Afrleon negro majority.

The spokesman mid altogether Eix separate caser will be brought to trial before a civilian court on May 1.

The

Dutchman and the Ilatians here grouped in the first ence which is separate from the

polsoning attempt. New details

were given about the first care.

Principal 'spy'

The Datchman was identi- fied only as Meewis Gouds- waard and referred to by the spokesman 31

Gen. Sir

DADE

DE Gluckmann

thwarted

in solo

flight attempt

Tokyo, Apr. 21. U.S. "Flying Watchmaker" Pator

Edric Bastyan's THE QUEEN'S Per Gluckmann, thwarted

last march past in HK

Big crowds lined Kowloon roads this morning to watch more than 3,000 men and women of the three forces march past the Officer Administering the Government, Mr Claude Bur- gess at the Queen's Birthday Parade.

Colony residents saw overy Commodore P. L. Donkin, both "one of tho scetion of the army represent-making their first appearance at principal spics for the Israelled in the march past.

a Queen's Birthday Parade in Intelligence Service.

Hongkong.

was arrested.

units

It was the last parade

for

For the first time. Centurion The

Identifled Italions,

as tanks Tumbled past the salut- Plotro Raimondo, DI

and ing dals. Freshly painted and Sir Edric Bastyan who leaves Pacciolla, Ferdinan

were pollshed,

of the First the Colony soon. identified as important spies for Royal Thai Regiment followed Israel's Intelligence Servico,

Mr Burgen was dressed in the marching contingents.

morning cost and carried a top. The Greek waiter involved in Representations by business the poisoning case was idenified The mechanised army units hat. Service chiefs were res- circles anxious

prevent as George Efstratiou Stama- also included fork-lift trucks, plendent in dress uniforms and

antisfy further arikes, and to

too, a walter at the Groppi heavy duty tractors; as well as around the dala was-a-hergo- avold cafe and catering establishment. world opinion so as to

Corps, Executive, pendent Field Squadron, Royal Consular the economic isolation of Soul in the same, case, another Greek the "weirdles" of the 64 inde- gathering of members of the Africa, the growing pressure of national Nicolas George Coys Engineers the lorry-mounted Legislative and Urban Council-

motorised grader

fors and prominent residente. the Afrikaner Press, worried by the wave of world reprobation, and discreet remarks by the

Government Dutch Reformed Church havo spokesman sold Do other

echo produced their first in foreigners were involvel so far government circles.

in any of the cases. One of the principal members of the Cabinet, Lands Forestry and Publie Work Minister, Mr has announced that the Union was ready 10 reconsider

tand in carnest honestly its attitude towards Africans.—AFP.

F the South Korean Supremo

Court, which

has been given the responsibility of conducting the inquiry, Ands that no rigging has oe curred, this might aggravate tension and evoke more violent measures against the

The

dissidents, regime. moreover, are now aured of American support. And what observers will be only too ready to read between the lines of the State De- partment statement is un implied threat that unless P. O. Sauer, President Rhee does do some thing there will be an "agonising reappraisal of American aid to his country. To what extent this will con- vince the aging head of state, now in his fourth term of office, it is hard to tell. It would be tempting lo believe that the loss of almost 150 lives would be enough to force his hand. Rightly he should resign Immediately, Institute free elections and leave the coun- try's government to younger and

more democratic- minded men. But the wily, old octogenarian is unlikely to give up so

easily. He displayed plenty of fight as recently as last month in the elections. And

EVEN HK COULDN'T

HOLD HER

London, Apr. 20. Miss Magda Hoffrichter an attractive German photo- grapher set out from London to

the romance of the East,

Ace

he realises that only de But she found romance before fence support and economic she get there aboard the liber aid in significant quantities Canton taking her to Hongkong.

She fell in love with a ship's will keep the northern wolf electrician Mr Peter Moore. And from the South Korean door. instead of leaving ship in Hong- He

realisos also that kong she booked a passege bacit America is as determined na to London.

Now ho to that South Korea

Ehe should remain outside the with Mr Moore's parents in Communist orbit. American Barrow-in-Furness

But Miss Hoffrichter has only

has gone to stay

action could therefore only been given nermission 10 lay in

The

UAR

Egyptians held

cran",

excavator,

176 VEHICLES

and

The parade was commanded by Brigadier D. D.-M. McCready, Commander 48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade Group. He led tho base. march past the saluting A total of 176 vehicles took He was accompanied by Com- part in the parade and 70 guns mander T. C. Meyrick of

the

of different varieties including Royal Navy and Wing Com- the heavy pieces of the Royal | munder R. C. Rotheram of the Artillery.

onli-aircraft ns, RAF. machine guns and mortars.

Dogs and mules and their

Many Egyptians have been arrested, but the exact number was not announced. One Egyp- tan arrested was identified only as a son-in-law of

former Prime Minister. Another .was attendants were also in the on employee of a big company who "used his talents

and the parade, resources of his company on be- half of Israel's intelligence.

Referring to the foreigners the Involved in the spokesman declared: "Foreign

The Royal Hongkong Defence elements which predominate Force was represented by the in these cases have lived In.

men and women of the local and been generously treated Navy, Air Force, Army and

Even those Home Guard unlis.

themselves

Case

by our country.

consider who Arabs have a foreign element

The Royal Army Medical a Corps marched past to the strains of "Here's a health unto Her Majesty."

planning and rehearsals,

of

The magnificent parado was in the family or are people the culmination of weeks

rancour for, our who bear Arab society in te revolu flonary aspect and followed the path of treason against

the society they envy,"

The government spokesNATI sald one of the foreigners In- volved had travelled frequently between Egypt and other coun- tries and these trips had at. tracted suspicion—AP.

prob-

MARCH PAST

Before the match past began, ceremony symbolising thi arrival of the Queen, was en- aelod on the dais. This included Fu Royal Salute, the breadng of the Royal Standard and the playing of the national anthem. In honour of the Queen a 21- gun calute was fired by a troop Royal of 5 Fleld Regiment, Artillery, interrupted by three volleys of a Fud-de-jote fired by the First Bn of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers,

Timing was a special

Among the Naval contingent lem. The Gurkhas march at marching today were men from much faster rate than their Bri- a number of destroyers und fri- tis comrades-in-arms and

begates in port for the occasion. cause of this the Gurkha

con-

tingents made a diversion along Chatham Road to arrive at the saluting base exactly on time.

THE SALUTE

With

Mr

the

The parade concluded with a flypast by Army and RAF air- Auster craft Including three spatter planes of the Army Air

Venom Corps, five twin-boom jets and a Canberra medlum jet bomber.

on Burgess saluting dais were Lt-General This afternoon several thou-

Townsend in Sir Edric M. Bastyan, Comman-sand residents will attend a gar-

make his position uncom- Britain for a month. She has London but

H

on

less

fortable, but not untenable. TJOWEVER if America. is going to continue to provide economic props, for Korea it should inslat making life for Rico's political opponents hazardous by instituting more political freedom in the land. Since the Inst Pro- sidential election, the Pro- groasive Party, which urged ponceful means of reuniting South and North Korea, has been sutinwed anil

no labour permit.

Sald Mr Moore: "We shall apply for an extension. It is possible Magda will be allowed to stay if she gets a job doing wark-London Ex- domestic press Service.

STOP PRESS

leader executed. And during RHEE CABINET

B

nad

the recent election campaign two Democrat

campaigners deaths met violent other were impeded. These are but a few samples of the contempt with which Rhoe's Liberals tront so-called: opposition. South Korea's allies in the recent war would do well to remind this stubborn, auto- cratic old man that this is not the kind of political freedom which more than 20,000 United Nations troops gave up their lives to defend in the fight against Communist Invasion.

TO RESIGN?

news-

Seaol, Apr. 21. Independent The

Kankook tibo sald paper today that President Rheo's bad de- 13-man Cablant cided to resign, thus taking the blame for the bloody rlota which have wwept

through the country.

rail-

The paper quoted abía munroos, but there was mo, official, confirmation. AP.

not for

wedding

London, Apr, 20. Group Capt. Peter Townsend. Princess Margaret's ex-suitor, la silpped quietly into Lon- don, it wa learned today. But he won't be attending Princess Margaret's wedding. Peter Townsend and his wife.

Maria-Luo, sald they

here for a couple of days.

were

| Asked, by a reporter of the London Evening News if he had received

**

wedding

der British Forces,

Com-den.. party in the grounds of modore A. R. L. Butler and Air Government House.

Sharpeville... shooting__inquiry Police opened

Captain

fire

without orders

Vereeniging, Apr. 20.

THANKS TO HK

The

Queon today

sont a cable to the Officer Administering the Govermant, Mr Claude Burgess, DX-

her pressing

sincero thanks for his messago

· of birthday * greetings on behalf of the people of Hongkong.

Horrified

onlookers

see man's death fall

Sydney, Apr. 20.

by bad weather in his

attempt to establish a new

non-stop solo flight record between Hongkong and San Francisco, flow into Tokyo this morning.

He arrived at Tokyo In- ternational Airport at 6.12

a.m.

ron

"I turned back because i into bad, turbulent weathor,” he told United Press International shortly after he landed at the air- ++port,

He explained that bo took off from Hongkong at 10.14 a.m. yesterday but ran into

300. boč. ́weather some miles east of Matsushima, * northern Honihu, somo 17 hours after he had taken off from Hongkong.

The 34-year-old Gluck mann was attempting tho non-stop flight in a singlo» engine Bonanza Beechcraft plano.:

Two workmen today crashed- Ha did not disclose his to their deaths in Sydneyfurther plans but said ho suburbs before the eyes hoped to rest up a day or so of horrified but helpless before deciding what to do

onlookers.

next.

He had hoped to mako

In Redfern a man watched his brother plunge 100 feet from a radio tower at the police trans-the, flight between Hong- | kong and San Francisco In The man, James Meyer, 55, around 55 hours, he said.— contractor, crashed onto asphalt UPI.

mitting centre.

and died instantly,

Meyer and his brother were in bosibi's "charry" doing main- tenance work on opposite sides of the radio tower.

It is believed a hook holding Meyer's "chair" slipped as he was changing his position around the side of the tower top.

The other victim was Colin Anthony, 25, carpenter, who suf- fered a fractured skull when |écaffolding, on which he was

working collapsed.

was dead when an Anthony ambulance arrivið. --China Mail Special

Himmler's former doctor dies

·Bonn, Apr. 20.

Small plane

hits airliner

and blows up

Hickory, N.C., Apr. 20,

A private plane collided with a Piedmont F-27 turbo. prop airliner and Integrated

over:

dis-

the

Hickory airport today, killing its four occupants. The commercial airliner, with

30 passengers and a three

crew of

aboard, landod, sately despite wing damage.

Metals enkl the accident tried occurred as both plants

Witnessas said the Cessna 310

Dr Felix Kersten. Nazi leader to land on the same runway.

Heinrich Himmler's personal simultaneously. dontor, credited with saving thousands of lives during appeared to cut heroes in fron World War II by interceding of the airliner as it approached with hla pallent, has died the runway for a landing. Tho here.

airliner's propellers bit into the An official of the city hospital light plane, shearing off ane sald German-born Dr Kereten, wing and smaller paris of the had Finnish nationality, fuselage. The Cessna plunged to was taken ill on a journey from the ground nose down and Stockholm to Duesseldort and crashed about 300 yards north died last Saturday,

of the runway,UPI.

who

Dr Kerglen brought the Nazi leader relief. The doctor said in his autobiography that when Himmler had soyomi aty ho was able to persunite hỉ, to sparo coniican concentration

comp inmates an improve the conditions in occupied coun-

tries, above all in Hollang) Router.

Capt. Theron sald, the pallee Golfer knocks

the

had only krób-the men to stop firing by shout- two shots had been fred, and out town's power

Another bomb

incident

Kampala, Apr, 20. Three Africans, and a woman, were arrested on the out- skirts of Kampala about mild- night last night after a bomb I explosion netran African

beer bar, pallos, announced today.

have

Police opened fire without being ordered to do so outside Sharpeville police station on March 21 when 67 Africans, were killed, a police officer told the resumed judicial Inquiry here today.

Without H G. Theron said struck him,

being, the crowd was between 15,000 Invitation, he said: "That is he went to Sharpeville with 10 ordered, one of our men. fired t and 20,000 strong, something I really can't die white and nine African police shot and other shots followed."

Capt. Theron said that he and "probably fired beczUKO mon Tiro white policemen had

and revolvers, Police Colonel Pienant ordered crowd had burst in at a gate, Ils atwo zald he wouldn't discutengung, rifles'

The bomb-bolleyed to the Africana Clarence a possible visit to

ing and waving their arms and stones and other objects were

been made with gelignito-was House, Princess Margaret's kertien

being thrown.' "they did so,”.

the sixli of its kind to explode When he arrived at Sharpe-

"They possibly thought they The News sald this, however, ville police station there were Before the stone-throwing he were in mortal danger," Cayt.

An unidantled golfer knock-in the Kampala area recently, the incident remained a ponibilly,

two Phota keemingly Theron Bald.

ed out most of this town's power Police attributed ainon about 10,000 to 15,000 Africans heard Group Capi, Townsend, and there

coming from the crowd, which In his view, If the police had with one mighty swing yester to terrorist acilon in support the crowd

of a non-African trade boycolt Margaret have remained, rood steadily increning...

****, { háð · been pushing ogallst the not fired they would have been day..

wire fened hear the stallon and | överrun.

Witnesses said the 'club slip in Buganda. kuid after the Prinover on- "Everything then went very was "full of threats,"

There were standing Instrue-ped from his hands and landed A previous bomb, also pinced garemont, to Mr. Antony quickly," Captain Tauros sata, They shouted "Atrica for tions that the police must not on a power line, creating in an African beer bar, failed Armsicong-Jones with

"Blones wore thrown at the | Africans" and

women are unless ordered to do so, ex- short afroust that disupted eles to explode and exports have nounced that he had known potićs arl one policeman grabbed spat at the police,

copt when in mortal danger, he trical syles for nearly an been called in to examine 31. át his face as '1' an objïet had At the time of the shooting 'added.--Reuter,

hour.-UP-

Reuter, about the romance-UPT.

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