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China Mail world listening-posts detect significant pattern behind fanning ferment of revolution..
INTELLIGENCE Always
in the
REPORT thick of
FIRST ... Bertram Jones
reports from TOKYO .......
ZENGAKUREN
-
...
that's the keep
the student revolu- word behind the mass licnary spirit fery. political rallies that are giving
Yet Zengakuren's Influence Japan's Prime Minister Kishi sleepless nights and sending on national polties isn't strong diplomatic exchanges flashing Kishi's Liberal Democrats still between Tokyo and Washing held a two-thirds majority.
ton
about President Eisen- hower's visit to Tokyo planned for next month.
THE CHANT
Zengakuren stands for
Japan's students chant: "Un- National Federation of Students seat Japan's Syngmar Rhoe." Self-Government Associations, President Rhee was toppled a 290,000-member, link-up of in Korea by a student revciu- more than 100 universities all tion
erupting over the country.
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spontaneously against graft, corruption, and It is Zengakuren that dictatorship. Genuine student's heading attacks
Japan's directed the ола
recent uprising récent defence treaty with the there, throwing out Rhee, win- to its cause, United States and demanding ning the army
forcing wholesale political re- the Eisenhower stays at home,
It is a three-headed monster: signations, exacting promises of all three hetds looks to the Left, parliamentary reforms, hounding
racketeers jail. but two shout demands extreme that ever the Com- munist Party has disowned thơm. One head looks the way
Japanest the
Oummumist Party points: towards peaceful co-existence;
The others, Kyosand (Com-
Japan's three-headed Zenga- kuren monster hasn't yet reached that class.
Iraq may buy
munist League) and Kakukyodo our bombers -
SCOTTI
(Revolutionary Communist League),
the ofick!
New Delhi. Communist Party as bourgeois TRAQ is considering the put- ar being too cold. Khrushchev chase of Canberra bombers
from Britain,
of
3 trio
to
The three heads quarrel with An Indian Air Force chief has one another. But when it comes just returned from to blasting Prime Minister Bagdad, ostensibly to advise on Kishi and President Eisenhower, how to improve Iraq air lines the three heads speak with one and communications facilities. volce, and Japan's Socialist and Communist Parties cheer,
The agitators some in their thirties but still calling them selves students, and supported in university by political funds
His real job was to advise Kassem on what to buy for the Logi Air Force. Iraq has asked India to help repair and main tain the Canberras if Britain is willing to sell.
a further shipment of
our popular
Cole of California
Bathing Suits and
Sun Dresses
has just arrived and is
now on display
at
Paquerette's!!
Printed and published by TERENCE GORDON NEWLANDS PEARCE and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 yndham Street, City of Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong.
it-
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8 1960,
students!
JUBILANT students sang and danced in the streets of Ankarn this weekend celebrating the fall of the Menderes regime.
For organised student The students had reason to rejoice. demonstrations formed the first overt and active opposition to the Government's repressive laws and its muigaling of freedom. They continued, though thousands of student demonstrators were arrested.
Now he is
But Menderes ignored the writing on the wall. the prizoner of his own army and may face trisl.
One more would-be dictator has fallen as a direct result of the suppression of democratie. organised student reaction to Uberties.
Just over a year ago it was Cuba, In January 1959 Fidel Castro entered Havana in the wake of student, agliation which ousted President Batista,
Only last month
a student revolution toppled Korea's President, Syngman Rhee,
Where next? News of the fall of Rhee and Menderes must provide cold consolation for Japan's Premier Kishil, as daily he and watches university students blocking streets, delaying tram bus services,
They chant outside Parliament and the U.S. Embassy protest- ing against Kishi's new treaty with the United States. Will it be his turn next?
... and
Michael Wolff
from AMERICA
would keep him in power and that he could dispense with the intellectuals' support.
But the Turkish academie
·world attacked him openly, Despite continuous
2
secret police watch
universities. On students were schooled to regist Monderes's tyranny. There came
as before.
continued
THE cradle of Fidel Castro's student demonstrations, tresta
revolution was Havana University. It was
from the students and their active young professors that the idea sprang. It was from the massed ranks of the students that the first open demonstrations against the Batista regime came.
When army cadets joined the students front 10 days ago and demonstrated against the regime Menderes should have under- stood the warning
Instead he believed his out- More practically it was. a
servient Chief of General Staff. General Erdefhun, who assured Havana students that disation was an isolated action and battalion of several hundred him that the cadets demonstra- guished itself in the fighting against Batista in the Oriente that the army stood solidly
behind the Government. Province in 1938.
A few days later the Govern- were prisoners
Cuban students, and Havane University in particular, have ment leaders been the rallying point of revolt under army goards,
ever
since the days of the
Spanish occupation at the end
of the last century.
Today the students are split Charles
between the Communists and
anti-Communists.
Observers to the United Pemberton
States believe it is only a strong
Commimist alement at Haven from CAIRO
University that prevents dis- enchantment with Cestro brom boiling over into coen rebellion against his regime,
IN Egypt,
student demon- strators were in the fore- front of the demonstrations which sent Farouk to exile.
They have not uttered
of public protest since. Nasser carried out sweeping Diaye
student of WHEN the Turks voted Man "agitators" nearly six years ago. !.deres into power in May' At Cairo Univeralty, students 1950 he was popular not only now stage street marches and with the peasants but also with public meetings only on orders the intellectuals.
from the Ministry of Education, Then he embarked от
But 10,000 skudents of Damas- grandiose scheme of economic cua University, biggest in the and agricultural welfare which United Arab Repubic's "nor- drazzed Turkey to the verge of thern region" are "not yet bankruptcy..
completely oriented" 63 one He passed repressive Laws and official recently put it. clamped down on freedom of A student was shot in de- speech and of the Press. He monstrations between thought the peasants' votes Nasser and anli-Nasser students.
John Benda from ANKARA S
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
10-
Sheaffer's PEM
Ion For Men
THE BOLD NEW PEN DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN
Tail-twisters, take notice dear sir
Unperturbed
The interesting letter from your correspondeng Chang San Lee 'S in your issue of Tuesday, June 7, is ex- ceptionally well written
and has put the case for the defence' in ta better manner than I could have done, and for this help I tender him my grateful - thanks.' Thai writer seeme to have a masterly grasp of world affairs, and his intimate knowledge people and events well qualified his to act 20 'counsel for the defence',
of
To your other correspondent rejoicing in the ente name of Tigger', I also offer thanks for his ready sub- mission of apologies on my behalf, genuflecting in subservient obeisance
doubiless a
good manner
to emulate the action of
the now happily defunct Mandarins.
However, it will be a and day indeed for Britain --- for Great Britain — whea her Queen's mukjents have to 'kow tow" to an allen race.
Britain's symbol of strength in the indomilt-
able Lion, whose inne we refer to a 1. Prime of Lions, for it is the pride of its kind to be so called.
It is common knowledge that the lion seldom, aliseks un- less first roused, but once roused it can be terribly. fjerne. Therefore, let all tall-twister's take notice and begrare!
Some incomprehensible re- ierence *la made about *PatriotIm
not being
e n'ough" by nother muddle-headed correspo dent adopting a fanciful nom-de-plume to, impress. Patriotism 1501 being enough, possibly selling one's own country down the river is the highest essence of patriotic fervour, and the only pollie thing to do to show osa's good manner is to swallow insulte-inanilia to one's own Sovereign as repre- sented by her First Minia ter, a chosen leader of the nation by popular demo- 'cratio election in cheer- ful silence, rejoicing ka the sweet and pleasant memory, thai one's otico great country as the First Power In Europe king been so shamefully relegated to the grade of a minor satellite.
This, then, is the principal behaviour of what is re- garded as good manner. In centuries past Britons had made greater sacrifices for a lesser cause, for a minor insuit against their Sovereign, and today we are called upon to recept ignominy with a good grace!
Is the British symbol the Lion or the Mouse? Are we or are we not trus Bri- tena - people who
British officer
killed in Aden
Aden, June 7.
A British artillery officer was reported killed today In an incident at Nisab in the western part of the Aden protectorate.
The officer was identified as Captain · D. D. Evans of the First Field Battery, Royal Artillery, MA soleler, Lance Bombardier R. Whiteside, also of the Royal Artillery, was said
Due to weather conditions the SS President Cleveland has been delayed and will not'sail today as scheduled. Salling time is indefinite depending on how soon the storm abates and passengers are asked to keep in contact with the local office of American. President Lines (telephone 28172)to have been shot in the leg for information.
The vessel will not sail before Noon June 9th at the very earliest. It is suggested that passengers have their baggage. delivered to the baggage room, Gate No. 2, Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company today or early tomorrow morning in order that there will be no possibility of having it miss the ship,
AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES
Orient Chraport
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during the same incident. There are no birther details →→→ AFP.
Steele to wed
Tommy Sheela, popular young rock and rol mathger, såll marry. "Balay Anni Dokratise on June 16 in London, it wax'announced to-
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single-handed and д- daunted faved" "Hitler and. his murderous gangs, keeping the fire of "hope burning bright that nations subjugated might And courage. sirength, ip, our and hope to our resolu tion?
Let who will grovel in abject apologies to appease « superior people........muperior in the sense thai · their country ромасле *n abundance of gold that is no substitute for courage - courage, to fnew, the truth unflinchingly, un- deterred by a superior forge, with the knowledge that right la might and will ultimately triumph.
and Saxons and Indo- Europeans,
But there is no need. Edith Cavell is right. "Patriot- irm is not enough". nation of shopkeepers" is what Samuel Adams the American think of the British, This is, i think, not doing the sons of Merry England Justice.
But what does your coTTES- pondent "Proud Briton" justice would be a quota- iion from H. G. Wells "Mr Britling Seer It Through He was inordinately PROUD
of England and ABUSED her incessantly." CHINESE, ONLOOKER.
There is no shame in rising dear sir
In defence of the honour of one's Head of Stale, and is a to say otherwise determination not to admit
CITOR.
*PROUD BRITON".
dear sir
Sanity
1 suggest that "Briten" and, proud of WZfund -Alnes - still very proud)
purchase the Mayo 1960 edition of the Satur- day
Evening Post where an interesting article has been written by a very eminent and very English novelist on why he be- came an American cliisen.
My personal opinion of dor- respondents who clutter up newspaper columns' is thal they lack some form of normaler thus adopting at- titudes of questionable
~ sanity. My advice is to
Ignore them.
LES A. CASTRO, ·
dear sir
Monty admirer
"British and Proud of It" talks in the manner of d Mr Podsnap; his regarding the Americans as "an Irish stew of a nation” is re- miniscent of Tennyson's "The red fool-fury of the Seine", and one may well Imagine Proud Briton sing- ing the battle himn of the British at Suez after Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade,"
なれ
Presumably, Proud Briton is admirer of Monty. Would he feel proud when he reflects on Monty's allu- sion to foreign interference in China, of which, Monty says, "perhaps Britain is not entirely blameless"?
To answer the “conglomera- tion of an assortment of many different nationall- tles", one need only thinkė of the Welsh and the Scots or backwards the Angles
POP
OH, GREAT! AND C WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE LIKE OV SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR ALL SPORT-HATING WOMEN EVERYWHERE?
Offensive
he
I wonder what 'Proud Bri- lon* has got to be so proud about for writing pointless and 'downright offensive letters about America and Americana under a pseu- donym?
If he is really proud of be
ing British, why must be stress the fact? Shouldn't one take this for granted? As far as I know, no Chinese name is spelled "Ssu", so I come to the conclusion that the name "Chang San Lee Sta" is fictitious and - that
the correspondent who used this дого do plume is another Britons although, for` reasons beit known to himself, he would like to give the im- pression that he is Chinese. So sure am I of this that I am prepared to donate $10 to any local charity named by you, Mr Editor, if I can be proven wrong.
Finally, my opinion is that *Frond Belton' _WIN motivated to write as he did becaus of *sour grapes'.
ALLEN.
Not the Navy
As a British civilian' who has visited the China Fleet Club almort daily for eight years, I assure An- derson Hardy that the Ignorant boor who coward- ly hides behind the pseu donym of "Proud Briton" could not possibly be a member of the Royal Navy.
PATRICK KNOX.
Not 50 years ago
May 1 point out that yester- day's Comment of the Day is somewhat mistaken in recalling "grandmother. morting
·50 indignantly
"
From the Files
25
years -AGO
June, 1935 THE need for
more
residential fats in the centre of the city will be met with the completion shortly of the new Dina House building on Duddell Street,
The lower floors will be utilised as offices while the upper floors will be devoted to fala, moderate rents being charged.
As a result of heavy rain over the weekend from which the reservoirs have appreciably benefited, the water restric tions have been lightened. Kowloon now has a full sup- ply again and Hongkong a daily supply of ten hours in- stead of six hours.
THER
HERE has been a serious falling off in cinema audiences in Hongkong. The peak attendance was in 1928-30 when the first "talkie" boom was at its
height
Total attendance last year was in the region of 5 million, based on calculations from entertainment tax receipls. In 1931, the Agure was 8 million.
The new Bank of East Asia building in Des Voeux Road. was advertising modern offices, These were large, airy and well lighted with a balcony to | each room, signal" control lifts
and a sanitary incinerator,
THE mystery of the ex-
THE
citement at Canton over the weekend was dissipated yesterday when it became known that the two cruisers Hai Chi and Hai Shen, two of the largest in the Chinese Navy, and which deserted from Tsingtao in 1933 and joined Canton, had run the gauntlet of forts, aeroplanes and troops on the river and escaped, to rejoin the Cen- trál Government,
The action is due to long simmering discontent arising from recent pay cuts, especially payment of wages in Canton dollars instead of the bigger National doilara,
The Canton Government has |been watching the warships for some time, and recently Gen- eral Chen Chal-tong took direct control of them to safeguard against-acting by their northern officers and crews.
t
.
First news of their actual whereabouts CELIO when 'd
years ago that OBES were handed out with a pound of tea,"
'The Order of the
motor boat put into Hongkong not 'British Empire did
harbour
with
a wounded officer and three seamen, who were sent to hospital.
then exist.
P.
[The order was instituted in 1917 and was to berin with for military recipients' only ----Granny's (apologies and the Editor's]
By Gog
Those
who
know drink
The motor boat departed as quickly as I came and was then discovered that the two runaway crualsers were anchored the edge of Hongkong waters near Lantao.
on
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