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CHINA

No. 37925

Establishod '1845 THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1961.

LATE FINAL

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Price 20 Cents

PAN AMM

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NEW LOW JJET FARES. TO THE U.S. A, NOWI;

Verwoerd attacks Afro-Asian group

'save US$108

round-Itp

of the C'WEALTH DISINTEGRATING

day

ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL

promote the interests

To the motion picture

industries in the countries and territories of Asia; to elevate the standards of the motion pictures; and to en- dissemination sure

unel interchange of culture in through motion

the

area

pictures, thereby contri- buting to the development of friendly relations antong the participating nations." Such are the motives B lofty sentiments

the

Federation of Motion Pie- ture Producers in Asia. Once again they have met: the hard work, the glitter, the Jageantry of their Festival is over. The keen anticipation, the disappoint- ments, the awards, are now things of the past. Already a committee is beginning to next Your's prepare for

Festival to be helt for the first time in Korea.

N reading through the above paragraph which enshrines the ideals of the Federation. it is not without interest to ask how far the fucks of the Festival meet with the ideals so expressed. What, for instance, are these

Interference in internal No more

affairs of

other member nations

Wireless

expert's evidence

in spy trial

London, Mar. 15.

A naval officer told a court

here today that

set said to have

used by a London

radio

been

London, Mar. 15.

Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, South African Prime Minister, in his statement at this after- noon's session announcing withdrawal of his application for continued mem- bership of the Commonwealth, attack- ed other members for what he called interference in the internal affairs of his country, and declared that this was the beginning of the disintegration of the Commonwealth.

Dr Verwoerd's statement was released to the Press this evening without any comment or clarification by Mr Miering, head of the South African Information Service.

respect are the attributes of any sovereign independent state. I was any zed "I must admi

the spirit of and shocked by hostility ameng Commonwealth The statement went as fol-members shown to South Africa

at the present conferenes,

Te

character

the has Commonwealth

changed the since

Just meeting and to with opposition

South Africa's membership is based on alleged discrimination against, and oppression of, non-white people of South Africa."

Dr Verwoerd singled out In-

Chana,

and Malnya. dia. Nigeria for alleged oppressive spy policies

own within thelr ring could transmit and countries, receive as far as Moscow

lows: "and even beyond."

"South Africa is one of the The officer, James Adam, who!

senior members

Con- of the he Frid

hud 32 years cx-

monwealth and has in the past perience of radio receiving and

cooperation icensinitting equipement, added maintained that with an automatic keying device found with the set morse could be rent at 240 words mute. This meant one need it:

on the air for only a very short time, thus lessening the chances of detection.

its fellow members,

Pressure group "No sulf-respecting country coaki continue Its voluntary association in view of the poilies as seen today and the in the degree of interference

affairs

internal and domestic In the far-

standards they wish to elevate? It cannot be denied that taking Asia as 1 whole, the cinema is by far the most popular form of entertainment. fung rural

where time has stod motionless for centuries, the projector makes its way, and for an evening or so, delights and andses the country folk who have looked forward

arents

but whose

known com-

He himself had experimented with the set of no British make ponents could be American or Japanese and found that could operate at a fast rate for more than ten minutes.

11

of South Africa.

"We cannot be expected to wish to relain

Ironical

Dr Verwoerd continued, "I do not intend to reply to these allegations at this stage but I do wish to state that I s these allega- ironical that all tions

come from Prime have membership of

Ministers in whose countries MAUL

discrimination oppression and are openly practised and basic principles of human con- duci are flouted. In this con The heria), 15 yards or more quest for South Afrim to re- for weeks to this eventing, in length, would

be main member of the Com-nection I refer particularly DUT no matter what kind raised out of doors for trans-monwealth, after

she becanes

B

i OUT OF DOORS

have to

what is becoming a pressure| What Kroup.

"In the circumstances, I wish formally to withdraw

my re-

of film it is, as well sitting to Russia but it might Republic on May 31. providing entertainment, it not always be necessary to do informa. That is a responsi- bility 110 producer

escape. At the same time, the lower the standard of education of that area, then by the same token, the in- formation content of the film will be more readily swallowed.

can

It cannot be otherwise. The

well informed mind weigh one piece of infurma- tion against another, and nchieve a more or less intel ligent balance. Not so the mind which while intelligent and

about knowledgable rural and local affairs, is uninformed about the great outside world,

W second point in the

su to receive messages,

Dr Verwoerd continued, "We have made the request in the I would be A secret service agent today expectation thar ild the court, now in the third willingly granted in the sme day of the trial, that the immer as was done also on allerted spies had used the behalf of South Africa in the Barnes of flowers, lowns and previous cases of India, Pakis

Ceylon, rivers in the Russian language | tan. as coded indentifications In Nigeria. contacts with their radio station in the Soviet Union.

"Rose, this is vialet, was one of the calis used by the spics, he said. In others, the

A

Chana

Great regret

and

the

to and

India, Malaya Ghana, Ceylon, although certain other countries are Commonwealth not free from such practices.

"If the Commonwealth Prime Ministers are going to continue the practice of Interference in

affairs the domestic

of other the Commonwealth members,

disintegration. will fall Such practices are belig used at the United Nations and they will, I am sure, lead to chaos which we would all deplore."

AFP.

into

CHEMICAL PLANT EXPLOSION

Co

Test matches

London, Mar 15.

be-

South

There will be no more Test cricket matches tween England or Africa or between Bouth Africa and other Com- monwealth countries.

of

This is one of the results South Africa's decision not to remain in the Com- monwealth, taken tonight

at the London conference of Commonwealth Frime Ministers. New Zealand were scheduled to four South Africa in October.

Commenting on South

Africa's

Mr decision, Ronnie Alrd, Secretary of the MCC sald tonight: "Under the constitution of the Imperial Cricket Con- ference, there can be

them

no

oMelal Test cricket by anyone against South Africa.

Countries could continue to play against in unofficial Tests, but we would have to consider the whole matter. "It may be that the rules of the Imperial Cricket Conference will have to be re-examined," added Mr

Aird.

MCC's next series against the South

African's is down for

season 1964/65 in South Afrlea bat South Africa, who toured here last year, are not due here arain until 1966.

Anglo South African Rugby Union relations aro not likely to be affected as there is no Commonwealth tle-up. game.

in thin amateur The "Springboks** have just completed a tour of Great Britain.-AFP.

Bill to

Second mine PORTUGUESE

disaster

in Japan

Yawata, Mar. 16. Twenty-six miners and mine officials were trapped deep underground today in the second coal mine disaster in Japan in a week.

Disarmament

discussion

date fixed

he

ANGOLA RESOLUTION DEFEATED

United Nations, Mar. 15. The Uinted States 'tonight lined up with the. Soviet Union and voted in the Security Council for a resolution calling for an examination of the situa- tion in Portuguese Angola.

Rescue workers fought their The resolution --sponsored way through smoke and fumes by Liberia. Ceylon and the in a search for the missing men. United Arab Republic was de- The 26 19 otelats of the feated, by ve voles in favour, Shin-Otsuji Mining Company alnie ogainst and six absten- and seven miners had gone Hons. down to investigate a fire that Britain. China, Ecuador,

rent 36 miners rushing to Chile, France

and Turkey, the surface,

abstained. The thres sponsors voted with the United States and the Soviet Union.

had

Folice at Yawata City, site of the ring, #aki ali 30 mincis originally underground managed to escape but that 10 of them suffered burns and other minor injuries.

Faulty compressor

Company offctals, on learn- hod

United Nations, Mar. 16. Mr Adlai Stevenson said on

Wednesday night thought the United States and the Soviet Union lad "generally reached agreeing the Are apparently ment as to the time" to been caused by a faulty electric air compressor-the same cause resume

disarmament as last week's disaster that took 71. lives immediately sent the negotiations. But he added

team down tú fn. that other details remain- 20-man

vestigate, ed to be settled..

Yawala police sald the in- chier Mr Stevenson,

US. vestigating team had maintain- delegate to the United Nations

ed signal contact with offléials had an hour's private talk with

above unul 4 am but had not Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei

been heard from since.-AP. Gromyke on Wednesday at the Soviet UN mission.

transfer reporters

Casement's

remains to Ireland

London, Mar. 15. The House of Commens yester- day gave a Labour Member, Mr to Hughes, leave Introduce a bill

to authorise Emrys the transfer to Ireland of the remains of Sir Roger Casement, hanged

by the

the British in 1916 as a trailor but regarded in the Irish Republic as a patriot.

The Bill was given a formal first reading

It is with great regret that I am compelled to withdraw my I wish to assure names of towns and rivers, request and

Prime friendly

Ministers of ruch as "Volga, Esov, Lena, and

countries that Some

South Amor", were heard. All of the

Africa's withdrawal will

be cats were discovered

at the deeply and sincerely regretted home of one of the accused, not only by the Government but Gordon Lonsdale.

Muskogee, Okin, Mar. 15.

Whether it is passed will Earlier

in today's hearing by the people of South Africa.

And we shall endeavour to co- An explosion occurred today Detective Chler Inspector

depend on what support it gets Ferguson Smith of Scotland with all those members of the plant near here.

operate in all possible ways at the Callery Cheraical

in its remaining stages and the Yard showed all-male jury a Commonwealth who are willing

Details of the blast were not available for Private Members' amount of Parliamentary time dull green metal case which he to retain their former good re- immediately known. A com- said was the radio set,

laffans with us."

pany spokesman confirmed that bills.

Mr Hughes said to allow Sir TRAPDOOR

an explosion had occurred, but

remains to added: "There is no report yet Roger Casement's from the field, and that is all be returned

from Pentonville prison would be "a gesture of I can tell you at this time."

Callery produces jet fuel for reconciliation with Irelanti."—

China Mall Special. the U.S. Air ForecUPI.

THICH brings us to the

manifesto... "...to ensure dissemination and exchange Ho described

WDS how it of culture...."

that found in a hole 20 inches by six Is

with concrete sides and rout really taking place? Or is

concealed by rubble beneath o there too much outside in-

trapdoor in the Idlichen floor of fluence from foreign flims

the bungalow occupied by two of the wrong kind? 12. un

of the five accused of espionage Asian version of a western

activities Peter Kroger a 50- beatnik film the right kind

and his year-old bookseller of entertainment? Suppose wife Helen 47.

The other accused are Gordon some lonely yokel should

London film ut its face Lonsdale,

company tuke such value, what might happen? director who holds a Canadian and British elvil Or, as we have happened to passport

see, a set of Asian youths servants Henry Houghton 55 and

115 flancee Ethel Gee 43.- are placed in a western set-Reuter & AFP, ling of the worst kind

where a particular problem

is distorted to represent the Armenian top

general. Where smart kids

rub n safe, drink, smoke reefers, and talk smut.

TOWEVER, let us

Ret

Hthe right. We do not know whether Asian pro- ducers of flims are making a practice of following such lines, but certain tendencies Auggest that some

are so

Communist

removed

A Arst

the

Dr Verwoerd said, "I am sure that a great majority of the people of my country will appreciate that in the circums- tances no other course was open to us. National pride and self-

from

South Africa will lose more than Hongkong

Omounted to $39

Of there,

textiles, garrucnts, com- fabrics and piecegoods priood $20 million and clothing, $5.5 million.

South Africa will lose more than Hongkong in trade between the two countries as a result of her withdrawal from the Commonwealth, said a spokesman for the Chamber of Commerce this morning. "We have not been enjoying "But the volume of trade has last year Imperial Preference privilege always been in favour of South million.

her anyway,"

sald. Africa," he said, be "But she did give us the most- favoured-nation treatment."

Last year, South Africa ex- "The South African market ported to Hongkong $67 million of which $18 has become more and more worth of gooda

"South Africa lion been one were diamonds, dimcult in recent years," he milion

be of the

most unsympathetic countries pointed out.

to continued.

Hongkong," 10 Moscow, Mar. 15.

"In recent years, she raised a secretary of

And the olso scid S01 million fold." Communist inclined.

Party, good many tariffs against us re- worth of, gold to Hongkong in It may be good Armenian

In addition to tobacco, removed sulting in our virtual exclusion 1060 was box office but do not let us S. Tomanlan,

wines and spirits, brandy, ancrifice our ideals to the trom office yesterday in what from the market,

"A South African mission will ledger.

In nationwide "house-cleaning"

South Africa enjoyed Imperial como to Hongkong later this

treatment The film industry of Asian is of high Communist ofcials.

"After her withdrawal from Preference

from month to explore the possibili- growing and feeling its way Tomauton's replacement by the Commonwealth, we'll pro- Hongkong in respect of her toes of expanding trade between followed bably move from the most bacco, wines and spirito Import-their state and the For Eastern towards international mar- Georgadze Arutunian

highered into the Colery,

countries. But I don't now how kets.' Tho responsibility by two days the announcement favoured nation' to #

of Ukrainian range of tariffs,"

"This is where the stands to they will be received by us.” thrown upon people in the of the removal

He said there are some basic lose when Imperial Preference Deputy Premier Mikhall Gro-

As we have little more to lose, film industry is enormount. chuko, and by two weeks the Industries in South Afrien inis gone as a result of Her with- It is likely that "she will lo Let them face that challenge dismissal of Nikifor Kelchen- direct competition with long-drawal" he salt.

slightly more in trade than w Hongkong-manufactured wilt after her withdrawal," ho with the principle of their, koas, Premier of the Ukraine kong such as garments, buttons,

URI

and enamelware. uttosted manifesto.

goods exported to South Africa concluded.

appeared to be a conünuation of Direct competition alerry, and table liquors.

Trade mission

Mr Stevenson declined to tell what time had been agreed upon to resume negotia- deadlocked since tions

jast June.

♫

But other diplomats La

said it was position to know August 1. President Kennedy told his Washington news con- had ference the United States offered to start negotiating In "August at the latest."-AP.

YES-

Temple destroyed

was

Nikko, Mar. 15. The internationally-famous Yakushido temple in the Nikko-Toshogu shrine burned down today.

The temple, built by the Arst Tokugawa Shogun (feudal ruler of Japan) in 1036, was a national treasure known for its dragon mural-paintings.-UPI.

IT IS...

IWC

International

of Schaffhausen

SOLAGENIE SHRIRO CHINA ID:

Observers could not komedi- United ately recall when the States voted with the Soviet Union on a resolution not sup- ported by her Western partners. -Reuter.

AUTOPSY HELD ON MISS LEE

San Francisco, Mar. 16. British actress Belinda Lee-

died from shock and hemorrhage following a car accident, the coroner's office said on Wednesday. Mr F. Rone Modglen, coroner's pathologist who per. formed an autopsy, said tho hemorrhage was due to traumf- tic rupture of the spleen.

Three men Injured in the desert

on Monday accident were reported in satisfactory attendants Dt by condition

hospital Barstow community

north 60 miles

San of Bernarding-AP.