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LIDHARY, SUPREME COÙNT

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THE WEATHER

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LEGILMANS

Comment of the

day

LET'S KEEP

FTER

CALM

the over-publicised

scara statement by Mc Khrushchoy at the

weekend

that the Bavjet Union had decided to suspend the plan- nou demobliimation of its armed forces the year, the

calm, measured statement by The United States Defence Secretary came as a welcome relief,

Mr McNamara disclosed that

the United States

was re examining it defence Bro.

words gramme, and hle calm

contrasted favourably with statementa Ife bollicone

emanating from the Kremlin aver the past few days.

Not only did we have Mr Khru-

shchev shaking

at the

malled flat and

"imperialista"

threatening them with heaven.

knows what if

tocy were

to dare launch one of warg

of aggression

the mighty and belovad

but

their

against

BO- Mar-

cialist fatherland shai Malinovsky, Mr Mc- Namara's opposite number in Moscow, joined in the like chorus.

war.

THE Ruselan armed forces, he

THE

trumpeted, must be prepared and trained for anything, the Implication being that thom wicked capitalists were ready to pounce on the home and centre of communism, and that all good Rede were to keep their powder dry.

All this faverish build-up cf tenolon doubtless must have

some purpoat on the part of those responsible for it. Pos- albiy tl designed to Int- midate the Went and is mere- ly another move in that war of nerves which has become unwelcome accepted 12

AO

part of Ife in the past few years.

Ponibly the Communist

rulera

really have warlike designs and are preparing their people for an armed outbreak by Attributing to the Western Allles dark machinations of which, in fact, they are en tirely Innocent. It la an old game for a would-be aggresor to start accusing his victims of all sorts of dreadful plots as Justification for his own gression.

But whatever the reason behind the bellicose words from Bua. cla we in the West must refuse to flap.

A

N example in Imperturbability

has been eet by Mr Macmil. i

Kennedy, jan, President

Me

stuck, the American Secretary of Otate, and now Mr Mc- Namara, and we bellove it is up to the Preca of the West

ern world to follow suit,

It is irresponsible for news-

paper to exaggerate what la

SW'ly winds becoming moderato SE'ly. Cloudy becom ing fair or fine. Hot. At 1 pm at the Observatory the tomp was 91 degrees F and the relativa humid 76 por cont.

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Radio Kuwait's surprise broadcast BRITISH WITHDRAWAL BEGINS

Half of force

to be

pulled out

Kuwait, July 12.

Radio Kuwait said today that three batta- lions of British troops, with supporting units including the carrier Bulwark- estimated to total half the British force in Kuwait were being withdrawn from the Persian Gulf ail sheikhdom.

REVIEW OF

SINGAPORE'S

NAVAL

SECURITY

Singapore, July 12.

A Royal Navy spokesman said security measures at the

basa British naval here will be tightened. He said that, in common with ether British naval commands, review of security organisu-

tions is being undertaken at the Lase,

ta The spokesman deelined elaborate. But was believed the

civilian em- seretning uf ployees and others engaged in confidential Work ! the base will be tightened.

The base is Britain's biggest | in the Far East, employing)

Singapore's thousands

civilians-UPL

of

In Itongkung, a Royal Navy spokesman said this morning: "No unusual or extra security nelivities are being undertaken in the Hongkong Navai base al the moment."

As

UNANIMOUS

London, July 12.

Robert twice-married

defended Burnett's

lawyer him in court today on chargea of bigamy, the judge remark- ed. "She was deceived."

"Su

* roke

Ja the

was 1," cune from the gallery.

*That, 1 presumie, recend wife," said the judge.

The woman, Mrs Margaret May Burnett, was led muttering froin the courtroom by a police MLM-UPI.

happening on the internation NEW £5 NOTES

al ocene over Berlin. Flaring headlines do met Berve any cause and, when there is o little reason for name of them, ita a downright abuse of the privilege of a free Press.

The facts about Berlin are clear, and the lets we all shout about mobilisation, striking ability and to on and so on, ad nauseam the better.

Me Khrushchev has announced

his intention to DAR A

London, July 12. Britain is I have new £5 currency notes to enable them to be more easily iden. tified.

£5 The back of the new note is to get a slightly "new look."

The symbol "£5" will appear in outline with the background design showing through-Chino Mull Special.

Agreement on the withdrawal was reached at talks this morn- ing between the ruler of Kuwait and Mr James Ramsden, Parlia- for winry Under-Secretary War, and Sir William Luce, Bri- tish political resident in the Persian gulf.

The broadcast caused surprise here, as it constitutes a major withdrawal of the British forces rushed here to meet the threat

annexation by Iraq, and comes before Bagdad's celebra- tions of the Iraq revolution an- niversary on Friday.

Threat

The units said to be scheduled for withdrawal are Nos. 42 aud the Commando Battalions, Second Parachute Regiment, Squadron of Dragoon Guards, and a battery of the Royal Horse 03 well சக the Artillery,

was stif Bulwark, which harbour tonight.

The announcement, expect- ed to be followed later by a statcinent that the with- drawals

noi would

affect Kuwait's ability to resist an A Iraqi threat, came as the Arab League council met in Catro for renewed consideration of kuwait's application for mem- bership.

No decision

Cairo, July 11. The Arab League Coun- cil, after a four-hour meeting on Wednesday night, reach. Kuwait's ed no decision admission to the League.

Emerging from the session, Secretary- the League General told reporters that the matter was still under discussion.~AP.

are

Official Kuwait circles understood to be ngreeable to a United Nations force replacing troops if is only the British aim is to preserve the country's newly- won independence.

Support

In the House of Commons to- day, Mr John Profume, Secre- tary for War, listed British forces in Kuwait as two Royal Marine Commandos and three battalions of infantry with

tanics, armoured cars and guns in support, and detachments

from a aministrative services, A Ministry of Defence spokes- London tonight man said it that only two companies of the

Guards Coldstream

and squadron of Hunter aircraft had been withdrawn

B

neparate редсе treaty with LIGHTNING KILLS 8 But, as the Minister of Defence

the East German Republic if thore la no sottioment of the Berlin and German questions on his terms.

THERE le litle prospect of any

settlement on his terms, and undoubtedly the peace treaty will be signed, but, unless we all lose our heads and make panto military moves, there it на ревком to expect another world war over Barile, or over anything eler, for that matter. We have two extremo positione -the Russian claim that the prosent German situation in growing steadily less tonable, and the Western resolve to what. stand by West Berlin over the outcome. There ought to be and we be- lieve there will be wolution somewhere between those two extremes, it I up to both the East and West to refrain from Inflammatory actions Astxtomente"

diplomatists work out a molu-

tlon.

and

I

*

And

thel

Washington, July 12. Eight persons were killed by tobacco lightning today a barn on a farm two inlles south of Clinton, North

UPI.

HELP

Carolina.-

TYPHOON "ELSIE

460 MILES

OFF HK

Savaro tropical storm Elsie hay intensified into a typhoon centred como 460 miles to the cast of Hongkong, a Royal Observatory spokesman said at 10 am today,

D

was

north-

at

The typhoon moving in

direction westerly about three knots.

The spokesman add- ed that the eye of the typhoon is 70 milos in diamotor, according to

report based recent

a

sonco.

on a

air, reconnais-

Situation permits transfer of troops

FRANCE TO CUT DOWN ARMY IN ALGERIA

Paris, July 12.

General de Gaulle tonight announced in a television broadcast that the

military situation in Algeria now permitted the transfer of "impor tant units" of troops to France, and consideration of reducing the length of military service by several weeks starting next September.

accepted He sald France "without reservations" that the should populations Algerian constitute an entirely Indepen- dent state.

Ing ber

so that

SPEECH CUT OFF

Algiers, July 12. President de Gaullo's tele- vision broadenst was cat off halfway through in Algiers tonight.

Police sald a plantie ex- plosive charge had damaged the relay transmitter at Cap Malifou across the Bay of Algiers Television broad-

cants were later resumed and President de Gaulle's speech was repeated.

The sound radio trans- mission of the speech went

One of the on normalty. nightly plastic charge ex- plosions attributed to European extremists -- boomed Dut In central Algiers shortly before Pre- sident de Gaulle mentioned Algeria-Reuter,

totalitarian WEIRD COMPANION

order to establish "But in many reasons France's direct national Interest

of the consisted the peace

world the now in withdrawing from essential condition is that the "costly charges" and In leav-peoples should agree and co- former subjects to operate. How are we to reach decide their own destiny,

this state If the

This,

also system, which holds under its Falling co-operation between

he said, must

the implacable yoke the whole of Algeria and France, there happen in Algeria. Since would have to be regrouping rebellion there produced Bghting the countries of the cost and

which advertises protection of those and terrorism it was necessary of reducing the others to scr- its ambition for their

who retused to tor the French Army to carry inhabitants

vitude, constantly threatens the the Held form part of a state "destined the day

free world?"-Router. to chacs.'

France might maintain her full freedom of declsion and action. This result has been attained. We can therefore take many measures of appeasement on the spot, begin to transfer to France important units, envisage the They were left with a de-reduction by several weeks of gree of anxiety that this year the length of military service there was a real danger of the | starting next September and international situation getting turning over for modern arma- out of hand, but of the same ments the economy thus ob- time, his reference to a reduc-

tuined. tion in the length of military service tended to have a re- assuring effect.

Mixture

An aircraft of the USAF entered the eye of the typhoon at 7.45

The speech impressed hearers

mixture with its

of gravity om today and reported

and serenity. surfaco maximum winds of 100 knots.

RUSSIAN FLYING INSTRUCTORS

to

IN CRASH

Political roles were chiefly struck by General de Gaulle's speciile mention of a plan to regroup, or parillion, Algeria thould agreement for Co- operation between France and the insurgenta' movement to come about,

theso

circles,

that

"This being so, France ac- cepts without any conditions that the Algerian populations shall constitute an entirely in- dependent state. For this pur-

pose

she is quite ready to organise tree self-determination with the Algerian political ele- ments, and particularly, fail those of the insurrection.

recent

General de Gaulle sall the government of other people For out of date now.

Dangerous

remains disposed

with

Ta

her old to Algeria once organie co-operation of the assured there, communities Es and her own Interests there are Guaranteed,

Asociation she "Falling this would have, in the last resort, some zone or to regroup in other, in order to protect them, those of the inhabitants who would refuse to be part of a utate destined to chaos, procure

them for

the

of means

in establishing themselves France if that were their wish, take no part whatever in the fate of all the others and forbid them access fo her own territory.

Zurich, July 12.

"She wus! In

it number of Soviet air

that General de thought

maintain instructors on their way Gaulic's Insistence upon part!-

West

indicated African ❘tion train fliers were among the 64 cundings had shown relatively prospect of reachlug on board the little passengers

the insurgent Czech airlines

IL-18 agreement with

lenders in Tunis, although а plone which crashed near resumption of the interrupted Casablanca this morning, talks was now expected in the it

was reliably learned near future. here. The passengers consisted of and Ave 47 men, 12 children. The crew of eight, Wus headed by Captain Josef Mikus, one of the Czech airline's most competent pilots and one of the first Czechs to By this type of aircraft.

Reliable

sald sources thero wero 24 Russians, Czechs. eight Moroccans, six Enst Germans, four Guineans, three from Mali and Chinese-Reuter.

women

thal 2B

was

OVERSIZED

London, July 12. Labourer John Thomos Cole- frame man, whose 392-pound was too big to squeeze into the witness box, stood outside. today to plead guilty to drunkenness. He was fined 10 shillings.UPI.

Another terrorist

sabotage bid in the Tyrol

Rome, July 13.

from Kuwait, Terrorists in the troubled Alto Adige (South Tyrol) region early today tried to blow up a small hydro-electric plant and a railway .tunnel, police said.

had announced, It was the gov- ernment's policy to withdraw as the Soon further forces as situation allowed. Details of the would farces to be withdrawn be announced as they left the area. Reuter.

the

the police that seconds after The

against uttemp!

violent blants they were shower- DOWET plant 01 Frangurto

ed by pebbles, apparently kicked apparently falled to cause any

The up from the mountain alde by real dainage, police said. plant serves an area with about the explosion.

FOR A BEACHED WHALE 10,000 residents.

London, July 12.

A 16-foot mammal, believed to be a bottle-nosed whale,

was found stranded on the beach of the Thames at Buburban Kow here today.

The crenture was spotted fur- ther us the river last night by two boys out rowing.

A spokesman for the London Zoo sakd the bottle-nosed whale often frequented the Allantie off the coast of the England, but this was first time in his memory that one had been found this far up the Thamos.

Sightseers

the

to

helped police

and night. ISPCA

shift the

DAMAGE

Police and soldiers Immediate- jy began combing this alpine area, which has become a burn- ing issue between Italy and Aus-

tria.

How much damage was done to tie tunnel used by a

TIGHTEN secondary railway line, was not Immediately known. The tunnel The explosions come less than series of Isot Corralono, near Bulzanu.48 hours after Trains normally do not use 1 at dynamitings on Italy's interno- to tional railronds 10 Rome Two other explosions also protest to Vienna and to tighten were heard early today. both travel rules between Italy and inammal, which weighed over near Termene. Polico did not Austria.

This border area has been a ton, on to a 10-foot torpaus. | immediately locate the sites of In and drag it across the beach these blasts.

under a curfew, with to the water.

nt another power installations Uke power planŁa was in the station at Ora. reported opening off limits to unauthorised per-

fire

on several persons ap-¦ con after dark, over since pro- shallows the whale

longed violence last month.-- flick of its tall and disappear-proaching the plant.

At Frangerto, "sentries ed-China Mali Special.

As soon as it

Kave a

Sentries

told' AP.

vital

"After that. France would see what happened. In any came she is firmly decided no longer to pour her efforts and men and her money without return into

от Algeria for that matter anywhere else." General de Gaulle said: "As everything takes place In a dangerous universe, here The perspective of an inter- national crisis reappearing on the horizon. Of course

affair has been started by the Soviets. As usual they invoke

the

the peace of the world while moking clairs which risic placing peace in danger.

BAGPIPE

HATER

PUNCHES

PIPER

London, July 12. Umbrella-salesman Jack Myers was fined £10 10-

for day

the punching "Piper of Petticoat-lane" on the nuse because the bagpipe musla "Jarred" him.

Eustis Welscako who tells hand-made toy bag- pipes in a slop next, lo Myers' оп London's Fulbam-road, said he often played his pipes, wore A küt and drank tea from a bottle labelled "Bootch whitky."

Blyers allegedly told police, that "I had had enough of It—his bagpipes dzivo us orany."

The judge today told Myers he'd have to put up with Welyezko's. Jätosyn- crasies. “14 is not for you to take the law in your own hands," he sa1Q,--UPT

London, July 12. A prisoner in Parkhurst pri- son on the Isle of Wight has ordered an insect-eating plant, the Vents fy-trapper to keep 1:Im company a London garden plant flem reported today-UPI,

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