1961-12-27 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1961.

Christmas message from Canterbury

Gift for

'FIGHT POVERTY' slaughter

Plea by

Anglican Pope's plea for peace-even

primate

Canterbury, Dec. 25.

The Archbishop of Con-}

terbury, Dr A. M. Ramsey,

if it means sacrifices

Vatican City, Dec. 25.

called on the notions of Pope John began Christmas Day with a plea to the leaders of the world

the world today to join in

of

a battle against poverty. A fortnight ag I saw in Calcutta

rows and TOWS homeless retugees siccping co pavements," he recalled Christmas Day sermon prepared for

Amterbury dellvery zt cathedral.

in a

Reading from the text, "We beheld his glory" (St John 1. 14), Dr Ramsey declared:

Dr Ramsey

!

to seek peace through negotiations "even if these demand sacrifices

and renunciations."

The 80-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church, spek- ing at a midnight Mass, made one of his stronges; appeals for peaceful negotiation

He spoke of the Christ Child

as the "Priner Of Peace," say - ing.

" is the peace of men with

cach other and with God that

ない

Christ came

preach and

establish un carts, tealing i

with his blood

In

his prepared speech, the

Pope said his thoughts turned

"to those

their

who hold in hands the temporal destiny of peoples, and on whom depends for a large part the mantenance and the

progress of peace on

carth,"

Guiding star

He recalled that in his main Christmas message, made pubile four days ago, he had mentioned "how great was their responsi- bility before God,

It is also great before men, for the judgment of history wif be sever with those who will have done all in their power

10 free humanity of the pest of

i war

"It is for this reason that we pray that the sweet clarity this night

of Christmas nay ais enlighten them--and them above all-and that the Star of Bethlehem may guide them on th path of peace."-AP.

The Pope

Good wishes

from Pope John

Vatican City, Dec. 26. Pope John has sent a message of Christmas good wishes ond cncouragement" to Cardinal Archbishop Stefan Wysazynski of Warsaw, for the Catholics of Poland, a Vatican press

office spokesman said today.

The Pontiff is said to hove sent

More than 600 Hussein's

peace die on

gesture

victim's American

widow

Pisa, Dec. 24.

American roads to Cairo

New York, Dec. 26.

- Amman, Dec. 24.

Christmas traffic deaths reached their highest King Hussein, In a Christ-

It

peak for six years in the United States this death rollat latest count-of

year with

more than 500.

to

The widow of an Italian air

force sergeant killed in the Congo, received o

was the first time since The Australian toll up package of Christmas 1955's record total of 609 deaths midnight on Christmas Day was gifts today from a Con- that more than 500 people had 28, compared with 52 for the golese waiter saddened died on the roads during a three-same period last year.

Provisional figures for France day Christmas holiday,

Last year when the holiday showed 46 killed over the three weekend, 488 people days from Saturday to Monday, fell on the died.

compared with 60 for Jast Christmas. In Italy 25 were re- ported killed over the past three days.

by her husband's death. Sgt. Silvestro Possenti as one of 13 girmen butchered at Kindu on November 11. He and

were the other Italians

sta- tioned here but flew missions to the Congo for the United Na

lions.

AC-

Sweden

cidents. One of the worst was In Sweden, where

five

a speed laws

The National Safety Council said ice and snow-coated high- ways caused many of the

Texas, where in Hearne, and

is enforced young sisters aged between five limit

against alcoholism are strict, and 13 were orphaned after

two only two people died-both on head-on collision between

Christmas Eve

One of them was a two-month-old baby. Last

Possenti's wife, Angela, said she received the letters eifts from Antonio Bondo 27-year-old Congolese wailer who knew her husband in Leopoldville,

MONKEY SKIN

A

Bondo sent her a monkey skin. two spears, ivory objects, Congelose earrings, a necklace: and other objerts.

He wrote Signora Possent! that the Sergeant was a popne lar figure in Leopoldville, daily ajstributing free sweets

and biscults to Congolese children.

"These gifts," he wrote, "are are in- little things but they Car-

tended to show you our shacere i

that you sor: ow. We ar sure will not keep any rancour ic- ward us."

the message as a token of special affection for the dinal, who has not visited Rome for a long time, and for Polish Catholics generally-Reuter.

ROME CALLS Up a million

ECUMENICAL

COUNCIL

Tokyo, Dec. 25,

The population of Jepan was 194,280,000 as of October 1, 1961. the Prime Minister's office said today, in announcing the result of the latest national census.

The office's statistics bureau said this was an increase of fed 870,000 over the previous year's since total of 93,420,000 when the last census was made in October 1.--AP.

Rome, Dec. 25. Pope John issued a papal bull

today

convening tire Ecumenical Council 1876, in Rome in 1962.

The

council

bring to the vatican 3,000 mem-|

is expected to

bers of the church hierarchy, no firm date has been set.

Protestant

" the nations, Chrigunas has its urgent message: that their true glory is to serve one another, to eschew the Just for

to agree power

together Lo abandon their *weapons of

Hagen, Dec. 26. destruction, to lot the rich and Former Nazi SS Generai Kurt the strong serve the poor

and Meyer,

reprieved from | crimes death sentence, died on To all of us, Christmas has Saturday on his 51st birthday, totes urgent message: to serve of a heart attack at his home those in distress, the homeless, here, it was announced today. Council's the refugees "-AP

¡ UPI.

the weak.

a war

and other

non-

Catholic churchmen are expect ed to be invited to attend some of the sessions in St Basilica os "observers."

Peter's One of the main issues on the agenda is, church unity --UPL

1

Adopted baby

Comedian

Hollywood, Dec, 25, and his wife, Marge, are caring Durante Jimmy

for a baby girl. And they say they plan to adopt her.

"It's an answer prayer," said Mrs Durante, "and this is the happiest Christmas of our lives——AP.

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"I have already pardoned all," Signora Possenu told reporters. ...AP

Prizegiving savings

investments

London, Dec. 26. The public have invested £320,000,000 in the Government's prizegiving savings scheme since it began five years ago, it was announced. The millionth prize railway fireman Frank White- house of Tilbury near London received in addition to his £25 cheque a special hamper Christmas cheer from the National Savings Committee Chairman Lord Mackintosh.

been

winner

ΟΙ

So far over £40,000,000 has paid out in prizes in this "national lottery" the winning numbers of which are drawn each month by an electronic computer popularly called

"Ernie."

The savings bonds are sold at £1 each. No interest is gained, the interest being pald out in the monthly prizes rang- ing from £5,000 to £25,----China Mail Special.

Nepal revolt

Cars.

#

and

In Marietta, Ohio, 3 car year one person was killed on carrylug a group of carol- Swedish roads over Christmas. singers and a pick-up VanRouter. collided Two baya and the father of one of them were killed. The mother following in another car, saw the crash. California headed the casualty list with 65 road deaths, follow- ed by Texas with 50 and New York state with 35.

Britain

Traffic accidents In Britain took 22 lives on Britain's high- ways on Christmas day.

Wellington

in Australia

Perth, Dec. 26. The Duke of Wellington

The figure brought to 113 spent an hour in Western Aus- the number of persons killed in tralia and then flew to Can- traffic accidents from the bra,

period starting midnight ย He reached Fremantle in the Thursday, and ending midnightliner Orcades at 7 am and an on Monday,

The number killed on Christ- mas Day last year which fell on a Sunday--was 20. The to tal for the equivalent four-day period was 109.

Australia

hour n'er boarded a plane at Perth airport to spend Christ- mas with the Governor-General, Lord de L'Isle,

Travelling with him was an- other friend of the Governor- General Rupert Gunnis, and Governor-General's only

to concentrate - co

mas eve broadcast, order- ed the Jordanian radio to stop all attacks on the United Arab Republic. He said he wanted the Jordanian broadcasting system serving the Arab people and that he te- "maturity by refusing to reply Leved Jordan would show

press and radio other Arab nations.

attacks from

Radio and press attacks-and Jor- counter-attacks between dan and the UAR flared up last September after Jordan's cognition

new Syrian

of the

IC-

J

King Jor-

regime.

Immediately aftca Hussein's statement, the dantan Prime Minister. Bajat Talhouni, announced that had instructed the Director Broadcasting to stop all pro- grammes · criticising President N39907-AP.

Our moves to defend

New Guinea

Washington, Dec. 25.

he

of

The magazine "U.S. News

and World Report" today published an interview with the Dutch Foreign Minister on the problem of Dutch New Guinea, Mr Joseph Luns, ti a copy But in Australia, road deaths the

right interview, also replied as were almost halved and in grandchild, seven-month-old follows to a question asking France they were also slightly Shauragh Colthurst, who is in whether the Netherlands would down, according to latest figures the charge of her nanny, Miss defend New Guinea if Indo- reported by

Mail nesía attacks: K Reuter correspon- Shirley Smith.-China

Special, dents today.

SEA BATTLE OFF GOA

JAPANESE FREIGHTER

INTERVENED

TO SAVE FRIGATE

Lisbon, Dec. 24.

A Japanese merchant ship prevented the slaughtering of the crew of the Portuguese sloop Alfonso de Albuquerque in Gao, according to the claim of

Lieutenant Colonel Solano de Almeida at a news conference today,

"The Japanese freighter, see- was responsible for the: evacua- ing that the Alfonso de Albu- | tion of hundreds of women and querque had been disabled' by children from Fanjim. the heavy guns of the Indian

"The Indonesians are fairly strong in a military sense. We have taken some very modest measures to increase bur de ience in order not to have a> military vacuum. We trust. however, that the Indonesians will not resort to naked aggres- -sloh,"

Mr Luns said that what made New Guinea important to Hel- land was "the principle of self- determination" which "prevents us from delivering a completely alien population to rule by Indonesia, dime

DIFFERENT

who

He sat the Papuans, inhabit Dutch New Guinea, "are racially as different from the Malays as Chinese are from Argentines," and they should be asked whether they wish to as not that the Mr Luns also said

Papuans are at a backward state of civilisation and require help that the Netherlands can give them"

He said Indonesia's claim to the territory is based on the cruiser Delhi, steamed 'up to The sloop Alfonso de Al-contention, that, as Netherlands New Guinea was formerly New Delhi, Dec. 25.

take a position between the two buquerque was the only warship ruled by the Dutch and they Reports reaching here today fighting shops," Almeida said. Portugal had in India. She were ruled by the Dutch, too, sald foes of King Mahendra He added this gave, the went out of Mormugao into it follows that Netherlands New have seized five police posts in Alfonso de Abuquerque a chance battle against the cruiser Delhi Guinea should become. Western Nepal, starting what to ground and rescue part of and three destroyers which were

their country. may prove to be a large-scale the crew.

supported by an aircraft carrier, revolt.

Lieutenant Colonel Solano Almeida said. The rebels were said to have de Almeida is the first Por- The battle lasted one hour seized 10 rifles and two pistols tuguese eyewitness of the Goa and the Indian cruiser was hit, from the police.-UPI.

battle to arrive. in Lisbon. He he added.-AP.

Jart of He said Indonesians never. ruled Netherlands, New Guines and that "geologically and geographically it is part of Australia UPI.

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