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UN Chief told: 'We've lost confidence in you'

Of The HAMMARSKJOLD WALKS OUT

Day

U.S. ROCKET SUCCESSES PROUDLY, America

nounces three new

an-

BC-

hievements in its space research programme.

The

The

Leaves Congo STORM SIGNAL Prince Souvanna

after tiff

with Lumumba

first is the recovery of a capsule from an orbiting satellite after 12 earlier The tries

failed. second is the launching and orbiting of a massive communications satellite,

had

and the third was the amazing flight by Major Robert White "to the edge

Leopoldville, Aug. 15.

UN Secretary-General Mr Dag Ham- marskjold, flew angrily to New York tonight, brushing off requests to take a Congolese delegation with him.

Mr Hammarskjold took off gaged

in

restoring order

of space" in the X-15 from the Congo capital after throughout the country": rocket plane. The news of day of angry exchanges with the Congolese Premier, Mr Patrice! these successes comes as a Lumumba, who told the UN offi- stimulating tonic to acial he no longer had confidence nation which for months in him. has been dogged by dis- couraging rocket reverses.

Hammarskjold Mr

turned down last-minute requests from ile Congolese to permit a Con- America still has a long way gelese Government delegation to go before it can produce o fy to New York with him to anything quite as spectacu- attend a special meeting of the lar as the Soviet camera-Security Council to consider carrying rocket which new the explosive situation. circled and photographed Mr Hammarskjold the moon before returning ecod

a request

To proceed immediately to seize all arts and ammunition distributed by the Belgians in Kalanga to "The partisans of the rebel govern- ment whether Congolese or foreign and to put at the dis- posal of the Goverment of the republie the arms and ammuni tion so seized:

★ And

to withdraw all roa-African troops from Katanga immediately..

also re- from

Mr

In a later letter Mr

marskjold

to earth. And though it Lununba to delay his departure

have largely 24 hours.

seems

to

solved the problem of re-

entry and

recovery

of

Special session

But Mr Hemmarskjold in

ia

objects thrown out from an

orbiting satellite America able to UN headquarters has yet to illustrate that New York, has asked that the it has the rocket power to special session of the Security put

Ham- said that what Mr Lumumba had said about the deployment of the United

Na- tions force in Katanga was "erroneous.”

The Secretary-General cluded that M Lumumba must that his (Mr interpreta-

have observed Hammarskjold's)

had

been

LOWERED

Local storm signal No. 1 was lowered at 9.40 a.m., this morning.

Storm Agnes had degenerated into an area of low pressure about 100 miles south-west of Hongkong. No further waming on Agnes will be issued by the Royal Observatory.

With the last vestige of threat from Agnes gone, the Colony's shipping and airline services have returned to normal.

The outlying district runs of the Hong- kong and Yaumati Ferry Co., suspended yester. day, have resumed operation this morning.

The Hongkong-Macao ferries are also back on regular schedules today.

of

Cyprus-end

82 years of British rule

Nicosia, Aug. 16.

con- Midnight churchbells sounded the birth today of the Republic of Cyprus and the end of 82 years of British rule.

man carrying Council he has demanded, be tion of the key paragraph four satellite into space as the held so that Congo representa- of last week's Council resolutes submitted to the Russians did recently. tives can attend.

member In one communication to Mr Council and that "no Hamarskjold hearing today's....has taken the initiative of

PERHAPS its one hope of dale, Mr Lumumba said his gov-questioning its validity."

beating the Russians, crnment was "perfectly well that the positions you however, les in using the ware

от

X-15 rocket plane which, have adopted are in no sense those of the Security Council in following its success

which it continues to have con. Friday in carrying a man

fidence" into the realms of weight- You at no time considered it Jessness, is now to advisable to consult the govern- have engines installed with ment of the republic as the three Umes power. resolution of the Security Coun- There is talk also of send-jell recommended you to do.

government considers ing this aircraft 50 to 100 miles high and the ultimate that you refused to give it the nope is to put it into orbit military assistance it needs and

for which it approached

the

"The

and bring back both pilot United Nations." and plane. Russia has been concentrating On

multi-stage rockets to flick

its man into space. It may

Reply demanded

Lost confidence

In another letler the Congo Premier declared that his Gov- ernment and

people had lost confidence" in Mr Hammarsk jold l Relations between Mr Ham- marskjald and Mr Lumumba de teriorated sharply when the Secretary-General went with an advance party of Swedish UN troops into Katanga last Satur-

Korea's

As jubilant crews chocred in the streets of Niocisdia, gaily festooned with coloured lights,

new congratulatory messages poured

PM named

in from many countries,

said: Queen Elizabeth

"I pray and trust that the sellle- ment in Cyprus, will enable the Links between our two countries streng❤ to be maintained and thened"

Seoul, Aug. 16. Republic of Korea President Mr Harold Macmillan, sad- Posun fun today named one- ing good wishes on behalf of time Finance Minister, Kim the British Government and Do Yun

"Cyprus will as the Arst Prime people, said: Minister of the "new repub- always have the assurance of

the continued lic."

Interest

MESSAGES

and

Mr Kim's nomination is sub-friendship of the United King-

dem." the day.

ject to approval of the Lower of the National As- Mr Lumumba had expected to House

The Assembly is ex- Mr Hammarskjoldsembly. into Kalanga to try and unseat pected to act. tomorrow the "rebel" regime of President Thursday. Moise Tshombe.

Mr Lumumba demanded an

accompany

Dr

at

to form new

MALAYAN

POLICE CRACK

DOWN ON

Laos Government FORGED NOTES

Vientiane, Aug. 15.

Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 15.

Neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma agreed Police have tracked down a

today to form a new government as cheering crowds acclaimed an apparent revolutionary victory over the former regime.

The Priace told the crowd, Į which carried banners attacking American military assistance and supporting neutrality, that he would form a new govern- ment as soon as possible.

who

Revolutionary leaders staged the coup here last week had demanded the Prince's re turn as Prime Minister at the head of a neutralist administra-

tion,

The Prince resigned as Prime Minister in 1958,

Prince Tiao Somsanith, the pro-Western Premier ousted by

BRITAIN

SUPPORTS

NEUTRALITY

paratroopers undwy Captain The

Kong Lac, returned from thei Royal seat of Luang Prabang to-

PRINCE SOUVANNA PHOUMA

London, Aug. 15. British Government would welcome a new Laotian Government with neutralist tendencies un- der Prince:

Souvanna Phouma, as the best way out of the present crisis, a usually reliable source said here today.

Britain, It was stated; silbporta neutrality for Laas and the neighbouring Indo-Chinese state of Cambodia as being in sacord- ance with the decision of the 1954 Geneva Conference which - negotiated the Indo-China anisticos.

The ousted government * Prince Tiao Somsanith was re- ported to have assured Britain that it would follow a neutral policy between East and West shortly after it came to power.

APPREHENSIONS.

another

vast counterfeiting met- work believed to have cir. culated about M$2 million in forged $1 and $50 notes in neighbouring COUR tries.

P

the

A police spokesman said after months of investigation network was traced to Sarga pore, Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh where hideouts and printing presses were raided.

In one Ipoh raid about $70,000 in forged currency, was found as well as a press and printing equipment.

The spokesman said the net- work was masterminderi in Singapore from where the notes were sent out to neighbouring countries and sold at a little over a quarter of face value,

The forged notes first began appearing in Singapore, Malaya and Borneo about eight months ago.-AP.

Met same

fate as

daughter

Wolverhampton, Aug. 15. Mrs Margaret Brindley,” found here murdered in her room last night was the mother of s 20-year-old girl murdered by & Turkish-Cypriot two years There had been apprehensions

ago, it was disclosed today. stated, that the

Mrs Brindley, 48, died with day accompanied by his Justice here, it was

might lead to throat and jaw wounds. Minister, who said he carried an present trouble

International The messages from the Queenofficial decree appointing Prince either

crisis over Laos; or a Bare up in Police said her husband from and from Mr Macmillan were Souvanna.

In an Interview earlier Prince the activities of the pro-Com- whom she was separated. had A bitter Assembly fight was read by the Governor, Sir Hugh

Souvanna said he would stand mumist Pathet Laos dissidents in stated that she was the mother Mr Lumumba called for almost certain with the forces of Foot, during ceremonies

for neutrality for this strategic the north; or agitation by right of Margaret Brindley, who was Democratic Party leader, which the treatles and other

on a lonely group of neutral the

wing elements, which would battered to death 14-nation

establishing the Indo-China kingdom. to be isto Mr Hammarskjold yesterday. observers

scr im- former Vice President John M. documenta

Independent diplomatic obser- split the country in two. river bank near Bicester, Ox-

# Britain has Security Chang, expected to try to vote Republic were signed.

been in touch fordshire in 1958. mediately by the

Chang is Later today Archbishop vers here see the revolt as

Western govern- Greek-Cypriot further setback to American with some "the 1mmediate and seeing the premiership himself. Makarkos, To entrust the task of Council to the Congo to en-dow, Mr Kim, Mr

leader, and Dr Fadil Kutchuk, anti-Communist policy in Asia. ments on the Laos situation, but guarding all Congolese sure

application of the-UPI,

the Turkish-Cypriot leader, will But many of these observers there have been no reports of airfields to the national army integral

De invested as President and believe It may prove a blessing specific discussion in the South

in disguise.

East Asia Treaty Organisation. -Ferler. Many top Laotians regard the At the same time the flag of Cyprus-a map of the island in rebel leaders as sincere, and gold sat in two olive branches while they disagree with their on a white background-will be methods, they support the idea civil war with the leftist Pathet the first time.

Lao rebels-Aleuter. hoisted over the Republic for of neutrality and an end to the

his In

These were:

be that by using an air-"immediate reply" to proposals craft launched from a which he had made in a letter mother plane America approaching this problem from a more feasible angle at least until the formid. able difficulties concerned with multi-stage rocketry and police in place of United Security Council resolutions of

have been overcome.

But

Nations troops;

July 14 and 20 and August 9."

the

To send immediately to In his letter Mr Lumumb SEVEN KILLED Vice-President respectively.

Katanga, Moroccan, Gul- named the following 14 coun- perhaps the most

Ghanaian, Ethiopian, tries for the observer group he

Nicosia, Aug. 15. fascinating project of all is nean,

Tunisian. Sudanese, proposed:

Seven people wero difled the communications satellite Mall,

Ethiopia, Morocco, Tunisia, Liberian and Congolese troops; --the glant aluminium. coated balloon now circling To put aircraft at the Ghana, Guinea, United Arab and six others seriously injured disposal of the Congolese Republic, Sudan, Ceylon, Liberia, today when a bus and a lorry Earth, which may be the Government for the transport of Mall, Burma, India, Afghanistan collided in West Cyprus today,

to a.

"'en- more its troops and civilians

and Lebanon.UFI and Reuter.-Reuter. precursor reliable international radio television telephone and

have link than we present. If the rocket age scientists have been ac cused of dwelling too much on flights of fancy, here at least is an example of the satellite being put to a sensible, practical every. day, even down-to-earth use.

at

S an insurance against

future

Ast

disappointment,

if for no other reason,

however, it would be wrong

Princess Margaret's former

footman gets into trouble

London, Aug. 15. Margaret's former three feats America has Idolzman told a judge today now soared into the fore- he couldn't afford to support

a wite. front. They may have cut down the Soviet lead to some extent or they may kindle hope that ultimately America will triumph over fts many setbacks and re- and assert her scientific technological lead.

to suggest that by these princess

The feeling persists that if America were able to or ganise and apply her resources to this particular prehtem as the Russians have done, the West would be faced

with fewer

alarms caused by. Com manist competition. Recog nition of this fact has already led to some im- provements. Total accep- tance would produce even more heartening results,

David Payne, 28 who served as the Princess, footman before her recent marriage to Mr Anlogy Armstrong - Jones, appeared

warrant charging he owed 273 18s in maintenance to his estranged wife.

on

Payne was given more time to pay up the money after tell- ing the Judge that leaving Princess Margaret's service cost him too much,

He told the court he was paid: £5-10 a week to servs Pripom Margaret, When she married, Payne sald, he became a buller and that costa moDRY.

2

'I had to fit myself out with the complete uniform of a buller." Payne said. The judge said he WRS posporing the case to ace

if Payne resumes paying his wife's maintenance. Payne promised to pay his wife

£3-10-0 a week. "If you are doing that regularly, you need not come

judge back," the said. Payne's cqurtroom appearance followed a series of resign- Hon by Royal servants, First Princess Margaret's and Me Armstrong - Jones' butler,

· Thomas Cronin, recently quit." chapter of the other "erils below the Royal salen,” na some Londoners describe it, Mr Armstrong-Jones' valet, 27-year-old Bernard McBride. also left.

In

Hay Whitney In this capacity, more expilelt when he

WAR

He said that so far as he was concerned he was not used Cha to being summoned by mapping of fingers and that he did not consider that Mr Armstrong-Jones knew how to handle a domestlo staff.

not surprised "Frankly I'm

that there is all this trouble, If everything had been lett I am to Princess Margaret, sure that all would be well, Bho is the perfect employer," Payne said.

He would not say why he wanted "Bat

Mr Armstrong-Jones-

statement the Archishop sald, "Throughout history Cyprus has been the cradle of civilisations and its role has been one of unflying Throughout diverse influences.

Its 3,000 year history Cyprus has not ceased to beam. Its bene- ficial radiation in all direc- tions.

"This role we will undertake again today as an independent and free state."

HEAVY BURDENS

American reappraisal

necessary

Washington, Aug. 15. The US. Government would have to undergo “a com- plete reappraisal". of its aid programme to Laos following the recent gov- ernment change in that country.

Dr Kutchuk said: "We are. shouldering heavy burdens.... one thing cannot be denied and that the fact that the island Pet- is fading a great crisis, sants end workers are gresning

Democratic. representative. Mr under poverty while the mer- chant class and intellectuals are Clement Zablock, chairman of waiting in unbearable conditions the House Foreign Affairs Sub- committee on the Far East said for belter, happier days."

Following Dr Kutchuk's state this today.

Mr Zablock expressed con-. ment the Greek" and Turkish | representatives read short confidence that "in the long run gratulatory statements wishing Laos will align itself with the Cyprus long 1e and prosperity, free world," but, he added, the toward trend there Other messages were recufved present from the heads of state or heads neutraliam calls for "a complete of government of Communist reappraisal, and review, of our Chins, Czechoslovakia, Norway, assistance programme. and Yugoslavia,

American military and econo-

On Sunday night the mic ald to Laos totalled $40 Archbishop named Greek-million for the fiscal year end- Cypriot members of the new ing lust June 30, thus bringing the total to $250 million inco Cablact. The Turkish-Cyprior

1955. members were announced

Mr Zablockt said that his earlier.

sub-commities would probably Одо of the Greek-Cypriot discuss the matter tomorrow appointed, Mr Nicos Krandiotla, with Mr. Graham Parsons, Assis- a former Eoka. suspect, retant Secretary of State in charge do not think that 3 wouldjected the post of Foreign of Tar Eastern: Affairs and a have been very happy, works | Minister Sterday without former Ambassador to Laos ing for Mr Janés”—-UPT..

AFP:

his valet to quit only 24 days after well, I noted, as achieving his smbitlum to get a when he was a visitor at the valt's job in a Boyal house-Royal Lodge // (at | Windsor holt. Crent, who has been described as "the "perfect" bulters and ¿who apparently

Ametisan - Ambassador Jožn

Chrilo)," He shook his head slowly,

giving a reason—Router.

COMPLIMENTS OF

Eyup Celal, 21-year-old Tur- was last kish-Cypriot waiter, year sentenced to life imprison- ment for Margaret's murder- Reuter,

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