THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1961.
FOUR MILLION MILES AWAY FROM EARTH Nato troops
Soviet Venus probe should get
still on
course
Moscow, Mar. 2.
The Soviet Venus probe is still on course but the Russians failed to get into radio contact with it on February 27 as scheduled, Tass reported tonight. The agency said in a statement that as long as the station remained in the zone of direct visibility from the Soviet Union "efforts will be made to establish radio contact with it on subsequent days."
Anti-Catholic
campaign intensified
in Cuba
Havana, Mar, 2. Government leaders today intensified Fidel Castro's campaign against the Roman Catholic Church with demands for the firing squad executions of priests who do not con- form to Cuban revolution- ury dogma.
A new outburst of Intem- perate atincks by offcial spokes- men against the clergy doomed hopes that the Castro regime might reverse its declared in- tention to abolish parochin) and private schools.
The now attacks were spear- hended last night by Education Minister Armande Bart and
(The
announced Russians
the after the launching that space station would automatical
back by ly send information radlo every fve days. February 27 was one of the days scheduled for such a transmission, and the next Is March 4).
the station Toss sald
was "close to the trajectory calculat- ed for it," and would be about 4,152,700 miles away from the earth by midday tomorrow.
morrow.
A-weapons,
House of Lords German says
uphold Appeal Court
entitled to refer In their des
London, Mar. 2.
The
The House of Lords here today upheld a ruling of the Court of Appeal in a case in which General Hans Speidel, Supreme Commander of Allied Land Forces in Central Europe, sued a Bri- tish film distributing company for libel. The Lords upheld the ruling | company claimed that that the company were not Wig true und also sought to plend in mitigation of damages that there were other charges in the film, also true, which the general did not deny,
Parts
of the defence were struck out by the Court Appeal who held the company words entitled to call evidence that the general had a bad re- Dutation ДЕ A party to War crimes and atrocities—Recr
fence to the action, to speciale charges made in tho fim de- pleting General Speidel as notorious spy and war criminal, The House dismissed an ap
Films Limited of peol by Plato London and two directors
company, on a preliminary paint against the Appeal Court's wder siriking out part of their proposed defence,
the
Falsely shown
of
General
was
It said the speed at which it Lord Simonds sald was moving away from the Speidel had alleged he earth would be about 13,607 falsely shown in the feet per second, at midday to-Operation Teulonie Sword" as having been party to the mur- der of
of King Alexander Yugoslavia and Mr Barthou in 1934 and to betraying Field- Marshal Rommel to the Nazis in 1 1044.
The procensing of tele- metricni information has shown that the station's systems functioned normally during the sessions."--Router.
Singapore Legislative Assembly conders
former mayor
Singapore, Mar. 2.
Cubon labour Czar Jesus Soto The Singapore Legislative Assembly today passed
school
ut a rally calling for execution of the authors of bombing carlier this week in which ine girls were injured -UPI.
COLOMBO CLASH
of
EUROPEANS
SEEK
REVENGE
Oran, Mar, 2.
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A crowd of more than 2,000
Cofanol
Bonn, Mar. 2.
Gord Schueckle, chief spokesman of, the West German Defence Ministry, said tonight that Nato front-line troops should be equipped wifi atomic weapons.
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Colonel Schucekle, who was Hlving a radio commentary Soviet military polleles for 1901, said he did not agree with the view that Western Europe could be defended solely with conventionally-armed forces.
The Soviet Union had butit up an "impressive" rocket force, which, besides tactical mobile short tongè weapons, in cluded more than 100 launch
bases for long-and ing
rockets in the medium-range Soviet Unlon und in Eastern European Communist Countries.
DID NOT TRUST.
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Queen gets fabulous reception on arrival in Iran
Teheran, Mar. 2.
The Queen and her husband, the Dake of Edinburgh, were cheerød and clapped by hundreds of thousands of people when they drove into Teheran with the Shah and Empress Farah today at the start of a four-day tour of Iran.
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hundreds of over
pricciors Jala
tbo on
14.
Be-
"Never beforo in our rela- Wonship has the need for concord and cooperatiom tween our two countries been greater 真糕 P potent and effective element in the pre- nervation of DEGOO,'
Persian carpets four-mile road In froth the air- port- riamed Eisenhower following the former Avenue American President's visit months ago.
He spoke of the "affectionato Troops with fixed bayonets understanding" between tho and Commandes armed with Brush Royal family and the
guns Uned the
people as a "great esset in your sub-machine route at close intervals while national ure." a detachment of silver-helmeted Royal quartis motorcycles and other troops and police in Jeeps escorted the Royal cars.
on
But the latter were refused
The Queca and Duke were launching equipment for such weapons because Russia did greeted at the airport by the not trust them, while Nuto units Simh and Empress as well as *OTI
central European Iranian government leaders and had such front"
Taunching Commonwealth diplomats when facilities. Mr Nikita Khrush they arrived from Now. Delhi chey wanted to do awBY with at the end of their colourful to India, military advantage of fiseven week visit Pakistan and Nepal.
GOLDEN COACH
this Nato.
Colonel Schucciso added that to maintain the necessary level e Nato's deterrent factor, con- ventional weapons must
of ecurse also be improved. At the same time, reasonable and energetic steps towards general and controlled disarmament should be taken-Reuter,
Prof. Haldane submits resignation
irate Europeans marched fonight into the centre of Oran, manhandling Mos- lems and burning their vehicles to avenge the deaths of two middle- aged French woman.
Calcutta, Mar. 2. Emergency reinforcements of Professor J.N.S. Haldone, troops and mobilo guards set barricades to separate mobs of Europeans on one side and a quickly growing mob of
up
Moslems on the other
With the centre of town still in ferment at nightfall, officials
jured. Including one
a motion condemning the former Singapore mayor and former minister for national deve-sald eight persons had been in- lopment, Mr Ong Eng Guan for distionour able conduct and abuse of the privilege of the Assembly.
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The motion, raised by the | izm against the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Toh Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the Chin Chye was passed after Minister for Labour and Law, being put vole in which Mr K. M. Byrne, condemmed the government party. the Mr Ong "for his dishonourable Peoples Action Party, won by conduci unbecoming of
votes two with four elected representative of the people in that he repeatedly used his privilege in this As- sembly as a cloak for spreading injure Innocent persons inside malicious falsehood to unjustly and outside this Assembly."
Colombo, Mar. 2. Five persons were injured to day when soldiers intervened In a passive resistance demon stration in northeastern Ceylan. 3
These were the first casual abstentions. tles in the 11-day-old Satya-: grahin
Ceylon's movement in Tamil-speaking provinces, The movement is protesting against
INQUIRY
Dr Toh had moved that the the governments decision to Assembly, laking note of the adopt Sinhalese as the official repert of the Inquiry commin language of Ceylon-AFP. sión Into allegations of nepot-
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'RECKLESS'
The commissioner, Mr Justice F. A. Chua had, after the Inquiry commission, described Mr Ong "na a man not to be believed and a man who would not hesitate to tell an unliuth when it sulted him" and had dismissed his allegations of nepotism as "reckless and groundless."
Me Ong, who had become the Minister for National Develop- ment after winning a seat in the Assembly representing Hong Lim district, resigned from the assembly in December last year. He has hinted that he Intend- ed to contest the forthcoming Hong Lim by-election as candidate of tho Singapore Peoples Alliance, an opposition party-Reuter.
50 injured as strikers clash with
police
Monfalcone, Mar. 2.
| About 50 people were injur. ed in this town пост Trianto today un polica fired shots in the air and used tear gas hi clöshes with striking shipyard
workers.
The injured include 10 police- men none of the injuries were
serious.
INTERVENED
The, police floryched when about 3,000 demotistratoré ute tempted to dībest á street stier parading peacefully through the town.
stenký
Demonstrators hurled
of the police, with almo, used
At the outskirts of the tity, the Queen boarded a golden six Germán coath drawn by horses specially imported for the occasion. She rode with the Shah, followed by the Duke and Empress Farah in another coach, as they drove to Golestan Palace.
The Golestan Palace, where the visitors are staying, houses a museum of Iranian art trea- sures and is normally used only The for ceremonial occasions. only previous head of stalo to have stayed there was the late King Faisal the First of Iraq when he vislied Teheran in
1933.
which
At a state banquet in the Queen said palace tonight, the the ominent British biolog that Britain and Iran shared a
of independence spirit ist, who has acquired In- had defeated all attempis over dian citizenship, has sub- the centuries to infringe their mitted kit résignation as liberty,
MUTUAL CONFIDENCE
a professor in the Indian "This spirit in Iran, has made Statistical Institute's "Ro- | It impossible for anyone to per- search seriously
and Technical petuate their domination of your hurt, and four vehicles had Department.
land. It has gone further it been overturned and set aflame. Professor Haldane said in his has spread its civilising influence he over vast areas and many α- The Europeans paraded into letter of resignation that town from a cemetery after at- wanted to sover all connections ferent races," she said,
because of tending burial services for Mrs with the Institute
"differences of opinion" with its Kyricos, one of the two women
P. C. TIDSPOT burned to death in their motor director, car by a mob of Moslem youths Mahalanobis. earlier this week
An Institute spokesman gald consider the the Board wouki Yeltés of resignation in the next added "there few days. He have not been suficient grounds for such a resignation."-China Mati Special.
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The Shah said Britain and Iran were alert to the demands of the present troubled tires. "Your presence among Bettlers,
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Shouting the battle cry Algeria's European "Algeria is French" the Euro peans sought to lay their hands < every Moslem they spled.- AP.
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maths the crowning event in the strengthening of bonds of understanding and mutual con- fidence wrong us," he said.
In Iran as in Britain, he said, "The continuity of our national life has been guaranteed and safeguarded by our monarchy.""
Official sources said the visit was likely to be in June or Sep- tember,
Both British and Indian oft- cials in India have hailed the Royal tour there as an outstand-, ing success-Reuter.
Siamese twins
Georgetown, March 2. Mra Simone Harry, wife of " a mounted policeman, today twin" gave birth to "Siamese at the boys
government hospital here.
Before the Queen left New Delhi this morning it was aki- nounced that the Indian Pre- A medical department sident, Dr. Rajendra Prasad,nouncement said that will visit Britain later this mother and babies were well..........
AFP.
year at her Invliation.
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