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Troops take over Seoul in blaze of gunfire
of the SOUTH KOREA MARTIAL LAW
day
INDECISION
THE
complicated Lava Tituation is bedevilled by
a larger complication, in that the Western powers can find no agreement among themselves.
Stated termely the position in as follows. In Laos Itself. there ru three warring factions, represented by the rightwing royallst group; the so-called neu- tralist group under Prince Sauvann Phouma; and the leftist group who follow Pathet Lao.
The
aituation is further complicated by the fact that the rightwing group under Prince Boun Oum. while Anding some favour in Western eyes, and not a little support, happens to be the section in power in Laos at the moment, and feels better able to solve its awn problema,
Meanwhile, the
under Prince Phourna, find
neutraliste Souvanna favour in
Russinn eyes, and would be Bupported by the USSI. On the other hand, the eostera branch of commu- nism represented by China supports the leftist Pathet Lao, and America wonted to keep this group out of the conference.
F
the
ORTUNATELY Americans have changed | their minds and taken more realistic attitude.
But it
in
quite
true
say there has never been auch an unholy mess in
John Chang-Deposed?
WHERE IS
JOHN CHANG?
Seoul, May 16, The whereabouts of Premier John M. Chang were not definitely known this morning.
Most
informants Fuid Chang and his wife were reported in his suite in the Bando Hotel in Seoul. The Bando was un- der heavy guard by coldiers. The telephone operator in
Coup d'etat by pro-Western military junta
Seoul, May 16.
The Seoul Radio announced today that martial law had been declared through. out South Korea. The announcement come shortly after a revolutionary military committee claimed it had taken over the government.
The broadcast said martial law was declared by the Chairman of the revolutionary committee, Lieutenant General Chang Do Young, at 9 am (0030 GMT).
Armed troops moved into Seoul in a blaze of gun- fire before daybreak, and the committee an- nounced over the radio a short time later that
it had seized control in a swift, apparently bloodless coup.
The military commilies an- nounced over the Seoul Radio that its
strongly sims 'were anti-Communist and strongly pro-Western.
of
announcement The first the action by the military re- volutionary ecmmittee came after 40 minutes of heavy shoot- Ing in Seoul.
Who the troops were fring on Immediately was not
known reports of the and there were no
casualties.
hotel said his room did not After that heavy firing, only
answer and she did not know
If he was there.
clerk claimed he saw
Chang
shot could be A hotel an occasional
heard in the city
the until second outbreak of shooting leave the hotel about 5 1. That was about the time the shortly after 7 am.
revolutionary committee was
announcing over Seoul Radio that it had carried out the coup.
Lone shot
That quickly died down and
lone
political affairs since the A bodyguard at Chang's re- again only an occasional
sidence suld he did not know shot was heard,
streets All reports from the over- said only units of the army and marine corps were involved, How strong they are could no: immediately
Holy Alliance which the famed Duke of Wellington | described as a mixture of? mysticism and nonsense. For while there is not much mysticism about the 14- tion situation at the mu ment, there is a great den? of nonsense.
where the Premier was or where he had stayed night.
stallations in Seoul were of company grade.
Lt Gen Chang Do Young, 38, on the radio had not spoken himself.
The young general became carlier Army Chief of Staff this year in the second shake- up of top army posts since the revolution that toppled the Rhee regime in April 1000.
In control
The revolutionary committer established its headquarters in the offlocs of the Korcon Athletic Association across from the city hall in Scoul
Armed soldiers took over all major police stations in Seoul and soldiers were lu control of trame.
Worried clilzens thronged the streets in their night clothes in an effort to get word on the developments..
Hadio broadcasts told real dents to go to work as usual without fear." People were told to "be at ease and have no
be learned, but fears." jeast several battalions seemed to be involved.
A general army officer elaimed Chang was under arreat but there was no confirmation at AP.
NO COMMENT
of any
The radio also announced the use of private cars would be
vate
vehicles continued to
operate on the city's streets,
Informants at revolutionary comunitter headquarters said a young marine brigadier gen- eral was a top leader in the coup. They Identified him as Kim Yoon-kun.
SCRAMBLE FOR SURVIVAL
Privy Council dismisses HK appeal
London, May 15,
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to
... day upheld a judgment of the Hongkong.
Supreme Court that a rebuilding certificatě issued by the Hongkong Director of Public Works in October 1957, was invalid.
favour
In October, 1957, the Director rebuilding gave Mr Kwong a certificate under provisions of the Landlord and Tenant ordin- ance which had been repealed
The certificate was granted to was contemplated under which In respect he was to develop the site by Mr Kwong Siu-kau of Nos, 230, 232, 234 and 236 erecting new buildings.
Kowloon, in Temple-street,
Crown which he had held a lease unul 1951,
The Privy Council upheld the Hongkong judgment in of the tenants and sub-tenants;
and dismissed The repeal Tendered of the properly
an oppeal by the minary procedural steps abor. Director and Mr Kwong.
tive and resulted in the lessee, with costs
Giving judgment today, Lord Mr Kwong, having no accrued wald that when Mr right to vacant possession sur- Morris December, 1951, a new lease said. Reuter.
'RAF Vulcan bombers of Nos 27 and 83 Squadrons were at Scampton, Lin- colnshiro, the other day, when Bombur Command took part in an oxorcizo to test its ability to sur- vive the start of a global war, and to retaliate with V-bomber. Hero is ono of the Vulcan bombers taking off. To survivo, the alicraft must be clear within four minutes of on onomy missilo sighting.
EMBEZZLERS BEWARE
Washington, May 15. The Supreme Court ruled loday
'Violating Vows' EX-EOKA FIGHTERS
FLAY MAKARIOS
Nicosia, May 15.
A splinter group of formor Eoks men today accused Archbishop Makarios, "Our cassocked idol of yesterday," of "shattering dreams of freedom" and #violating all his vows."
The
Pan-
Cyprian Figh-
tere
tion,
critical
Q
Associa-
group
of the Zurich
agree. inent which paved the way for Cyprus dependence, to- day circulated lcaficts reply- ing to à recent speech by the Archbishop in which he TC- ferred to "elements" which aim at destroying everything we build."
The leaflets said: "We shall maintain and preserve the courage of 'a fighter and the virices of a Greek ....... but not for him. Not for his edifice."
The leaflets criticised "daily receptions and parties where former colonialists ani our leaders of yesterday embrags each other...
They also referred to photo- graphs of Archbishop Matarina scated in British jeepa "going that embezzled money in sub- | round with British generals with Jest to Federal Income tax. a repulsive grin on his face" and By today's 0 to 3 vote, the "touring the land of our fathern with Court overruled a 1946 decialon | which is today planted nuclear charges."--Reuter. to the contrary,—UPI,
however the previous April. NOW, IT'S 'INSTANT WATER'
prell-
PRELUDE TO
"Instant Water" on sale,
Store advertisements called it the "best possible way to make coffee, particularly in- for stant coffee," and "Ane outdoor cooking," Five percons bought the water on Saturday, at 85 cents a quart can. And on Monday Crimmins reported these comments: One man said: "Everybody In A
my family thinks I'm nuis now, so I might na well prove it."
New York, May 15,
BARE-FOOTED
ESCAPE
Troops seized major govern- banned for the present, but pri- Kwong's Crown lease expired in viving the repeal, Lord Morris Grocer James Crimmins set up a fancy display and put ment buildings and took over Trucks the direction of traffic. filled with singing marines rour- If China is not allowed to
A spokesman for the Korean ed through the streets. speak an behalf of her Consulate-General said today
committee The revolutionary protege, Pathet Lao, then that all they knew about the declared its netlon was a com- China will find other ways revolution was through the news plete success and there was no and menus of letting her agencies and they had no com- immediate Indication voice be heard.
The Consulate also refused to should this situation give photos of the deposed Pre-
mier, Mr John Chang. and Lt prove to be the prelude to another Korea, with its at-neral Chang Do Young, leader of the revolutionary Junta, to tending disastern to East the China Mail. and West alike. it will finally have to be settled In
the
And
the
manner
Ander voices
of East and West call for at the moment; namely, around the confer ence table.
Pargument and compro-
I
mise can be substituted for potential strife made the more terrible by the Intent instruments of por- verted science, then surely
should
prevail, reason pride should be swallowed, facts substituted for fancies, and the conference I should proceed, und every
volco should be heard.
The rightwing government of Prince Boun Oum 11238 proved that it is unable to settle affairs on its own. Meanwhile the leftwing
aections have proved that
@ment to make.
SEARCH
London, May 15, Bertram F. Wright admitted
counter activity,
Both the UN Command and the US Embassy here declined to comment. The anned forces redio told US soldiers and civi- lians to remain in their com- pounds or homes.
They said the main force of the troops was the Third Marine marinca Brigade and that the marched Into Seoul from Kimpo, about 20 miles northwest of the capital.
werd They said the marines
two Army reserve
Field officera and troops n! present appeared to be ranain- Joined by
ing neutral and come Informants divisions and Identified the unita felt the success of the coup as the 30th and 33rd. might hinge on any move by the field army.
In court today that he had The Seoul Radio reparted
borrowed a elty bus
He said he needed
that the revolutionary commit- it totee also had taken over such
major cltlos as Pusan Tacgu.
catch for his runaway wife.
He was fined £50.
The wife? Sul missing.—
UPI.
and
Omcera issuing orders and seen around buildings and in-
One Korcan news agency quated what it said WAS A statement by Marine General Kim. It wald: "Coup d'etata are not good things, `hat we had to do it now before the situation became · worst. We acted and we succeeded.”........ AP.
-Australian in Canada.
FIRED BECAUSE OF ESKIMO GIRL
Melbourne, May 15.
A young Australian has been fired from his US$8,000-a-year job in the Canadian Arctic, because of his friendship with an Eskimo girl, occording to the Mel- boume Herold's Toronto correspondent,
The Australian
Terry line station at Great Whole, on 13
Cape,
if their voices are not to Whitheld, 20; of Sydney, the the east coast of Hudson Bay, be heard, then the voices correspondent, Michael of their not so allent part-mated. nors will speak on their be- half.
MEETING WITH MR K?
Washington, May 15. President Kennedy agreed late today to meet Soviet Ambassador Mr Mikhail A. Menshikov tomorrow. The session could throw some light on a possible meeting next month be tween Mr Kennedy and Soviet Premier Mr Nikita S. Khrushchev.
The 10 am conference with Mr Menshikov was announced without by the White Houre comment
after the shortly President and Mrs Kennedy re- turned to the capital by plane from a long weekend in Florida.
A MESSAGE
It was learned, however that Mr Menshikov said he would like once Mr Kennedy befors the President and Mrs Kennedy leave tomorrow for Ottawa and a two-day ceremonial visit as the guests of the Canadian gov emmat
to have
of
"Then I got a letter from the director of th government the northern administration branch "My contract with Canadian Marconi Co. up there in Ottawa, Mr B. G. Sivert
with accing me to go to the prea", forbids fraternization
"But oil He said Whitfield came to Ot Eskimon," he said.
The correspondent quoted Mr The Russian onvoy, who will tawa last week with bis Eskimo Ann and I did was to cat to Whitheld as saying that he is be accompanied to the White
attrac- gether In a restaurant and go going to fight his dismissal on House by Acting Secretary There remains then but one girl, Ann Walaltuk, an
thing to do. Honour is not live 25-year-old trained murad seal and fox-hunting-in tem- the grounds that it contravenes State Mr Chester Bowing, wap
and former air stewardness.
peraturos 30 degrees below Canada's Bill of tights which understood lost by compromise, nor is
"I'm going to take this up zero."
guarantees freedom of assemblr merceze for Mr Kennedy from the ultimate situation lost with the Primo
WARNED
without and association
dis- the Soviet Premier. Minister, Mr
nationel by listening to
Taco, opposing Diefenbaker," he said.
Whitfield said he was warned crimination
The expected message could voices.
A Member of Parliament has several times in the Arctic that origin, celdur, religion or sex, ‚* |
His letter of diantisuul has be, in essence, an Inquiry from
Khrushchev about already promised to tackle the he had to stop seeing the Eskimo
bem handed over to the Aus- Mr gir).
Commissioner's possible meeting with anida dopamilon I told them to tellan High The correspondent Whitfield was working, as: ret off my unck, otherwise I office. In Ollawn for sate keep dicaci und refrigeration mechanic would take the matter up withing, the correspondent added
China Mali Special. on a mid-Canada radar warning. I the newspapore" he said.
Rennon dictaton that the dele
gates of all the opposing factions should get round that conference table with minimum lons of time.
government in the HosisO.
American President during Mr Kennedy's visit to Europe at the end of this month-UPI,
a
new
selection
of
MOVADO
dress watches
A woman took the water home, and then telephoned Crim- mina; "What kind of coffee.do you mix it with?"
Is it any good for martinis?
Another asked.
Manchester, May 16. woman prisoner broka away from a jail escort on Monday outside the city courthouse, kicked off hor shoes and vanished into crowds ---- run- shopping ning hard in bare feet.
Police gave up the chase after Crimmins sakl he would refund two blocks and issued the des
cription of Sylvia Clowes, 20, a "If you're going to have a good married woman, Sylvin escaped
the money.
i
time in this business you have as guards took her to prison to make the laughs yourself," after being found guilty on lar- Crimmins sald-AP.
ceny charges.--AP.
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