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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1950 DEMONSTRATIONS IN BRUSSELS ATLANTIC COUNCIL DEPUTIES DISCUSS DEFENCES OF THE WEST "Security Must Guarantee Economic Welfare" From our Diplomatic Correspondent INFILTRATION BY NORTHERNERS AT YONGDONG Heavy Shelling by Americans From our Special Correspondent, Philip Potter LINTQN AND THE ASTROLABE An Unexpected Gift From our Special Correspondent Linton-in-Chaven, Friday. On the road from Skipton which of the position it had selected. There," said a lieutenant, "we found a patrol of twenty North Koreans in front of us." The company captain ordered mortars to open fire on the enemy. As he did so, said the lieutenant, "all hell broke loose with Koreans firing on us from high ground to our right and left." After a successful assault, the company had orders to withdraw. Carrying their wounded, the lieutenant's group made its way under heavy fire to a road where vehicles were waiting.

A battalion commander in the Yongdong battle said the enemy had enveloped his battalion's open flanks and brought his men under fire from three sides. "They're awful good individual fighters," he said. Their discipline and announced by several of the treaty countries and unanimously approved certain recommendations designed to accelerate defence production. "The Council of Deputies have decided to adjourn to-day and to resume their meetings on Tuesday, August 1, 1950. This adjournment is in order to enable the deputies to discuss with their Governments the results already achieved during the first Mr.

Spofford said he was impressed with the unanimity of the agreement they had so far reached and was confident that the deputies "would prove to be a vital part ot the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. Neither the question of the level of German industry nor that of the desirability oi using Marshall aid counterpart fund for defence purposes had yet been before them. Mr. Spofford declined to comment on the possibility of the first question being discussed eventually, but agreed that the second question lay within the competence of the deputies should it be raised. It was vital, Mr.

Spofford said, to the success of their work for the deputies to make available as freely as possible all such information as could be made public, but it would be clear that much of their work must remain secret, since it was largely within the field of defence. The deputies expect to continue their meetings throughout next week. 1 W'S''; Police, armed with Sten-guni, dealing with yesterday's demonstration in Brunei against King Leopold. This incident occurred outside one of the few shops open in the city. NIGERIA'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE A New Target for Nationalists' Attack From a Correspondent London, Friday.

After to-day's meeting of the Atlantic Council deputies- the chairman, the American deputy Mr. Charles Spofford, held a short press conference at which he recorded that the members had begun their work in agreement and in a spirit of solidarity." He read this communique The North Atlantic CounciLdeputies, in Pursuance of the aim of the North Atlantic reaty, which is to deter aggression and serve the cause of peace, have discussed the practical measures required to build the defences of the West in the shortest possible time. The deputies are unanimously agreed that the deterioration in the world situation caused by the' unprovoked act of aggression committed against the Republic Korea, which is now being dealt with by the United Nations, makes it more important than ever for the Governments the North Atlantic Treaty countries to accelerate the steps necessary to assure their common defence. "The deputies recognise the need for maintaining and safeguarding the economic reconstruction and stability of the North Atlantic area They an- agreed, however, that if economic recovery and social welfare are to re assured, adequate security, based on the establishment of an effective system of integrated defence, is more than ever essential. "The Council ot uepunes tooK note oi the additional military effort already CHURCH DEFENDS ITS BISHOP Communist Attacks Berlin, July 26.

The Evangelical Church Council of Berlin and the East German province of Brandenburg to-day rejected recent East German Government attacks on Dr. Otto Dibelius, Evangelical Bishop of Berlin and Brandenburg. An official declaration adopted at to-day's session of the Church council termea xne Government attacks "monstrous distortions of truth." It said, "we will never allow ourselves to be separated from our bishop, who has the full confidence of the Church Council as well as of all The East German Premier, Herr Grotewohl. had announced that his Government naa aeciaea 10 Dreas on negotiations with Bishop Dibelius. who lives in the American sector of Berlin, calling him a reactionary who works under American orders.

tie was accused of resisting the Government's school policy and tne uovemmems attempts to secure the support of pastors for the peace campaign." To-day's statement by the Evangelical Church Council said that Herr rirotewohl's attack on Bishoo Dibelius was considered an attack on the German Church as a whole." Reuter. EUROPEAN PAYMENTS UNION Huddersfield's Fears Huddersfield Chamber of Commerce yesterday gave a mandate to its officers to consult as a special sub-committee the officials of Bradford Chamber of Commerce before approach ing the Government on the terms of the agreement for setting up a European Payments -Union. A letter from the Association or tsriusn Chambers of Commerce had suggested that the setting up of a payments union to enable terms for intra-European trade to be settled on a multilateral instead of a bilateral basis, was an important step forward in freeing English trade from import restrictions Mr. John t. fenires, presiaenx of the Huddersfield Chamber, held that already local industry was experiencing a diminution in demand in tht home market which was reflect ing on its employment position, ana further increases in imports would certainly cause unemployment.

Whatever might be the benefit to the country as a whole, there was no doubt that if it meant imoorting more textiles, then their own industry was oouna to suner. RECENT WILLS Lcci-Mllne, George CroratHon, of Wx Sham ford Cirachom fhnirman nf A. A. nrnrnrjtfm and CO Lid snmnrrji. OlrTham unsettled eiEftte 100 820, settled land 9.515) total 110.353 Yeantey.

Archibald Brad burn (or or Bale. Cheshire, retired Incorporated accountant. Maltland. Sir Adam, ot Henley-on-Thames, formerly of Burv. Uoner Woodcote.

and Caterhatn. MJ. for Fa vera ham 1928-45. cha.rman of Berry HUL Brickworks. Ltd.

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navirl. of MacriicflirL retired manti facturer 18.R75 Davy, Maurice John Bernard, of Addison Avenue, Txtndon. w. 1 1. deDiiL? director of the Science Museum, South Kensington, and keeper of the Department of Air and Water Transport, an authority on all branches j-if fhm hferirw tnA rinilnnmt at uroiuutlca.

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estate ccent, 9.401 With the American Forces in Korea, July 25 (Delayed). American forces effected a successful withdrawal from Yongdong to-day to a new defence line, under cover of heavy artillery fire and heavy strafing of the enemy by our jet and other fighter 'planes. Change of positions was achieved by nightfall after a day-long battle with an overwhelming mass of North Korean infantry. Still filtering back to new American lines to-night were scores of American infantrymen from elements which had found it difficult to disengage. GAPS EXPLOITED Some of these had been surrounded by North Korean troops who were able to infiltrate through gaps between the American company and battalion positions.

American forces suffered neaw casualties. Troops getting their first baptism of fire, however, stood up well, and the (American commander said We hurt them more than they hurt us." "Our 105 and 155 millimetre guns," he said, "had poured shells on concentrations of the enemy, their course accurately directed by small reconnaissance 'planes which hovered over the battlefield. Our flyers dived down on enemy troop columns like swarms of angry bees. Inevitably, some of our own troops suffered." I can attest that flyers do make mistakes while waiting at a command post to-day I had to dive for the floor with a number of others as a jet fighter let go with a rocket. The target could not have been very far away.

A few miles below Yongdong, as I was riding forward in a lorry returning for a fourth load of wounded, we were met by a convoy whose commander waved us back as the crackle of machine-gun fire came from a tree-covered slope just ahead. At a battalion command post we got the story of the battle which began at dawn to-day. Generally, the North Koreans slipped through gaps in our line during the nieht and attacked as dawn broke from both flanks and. in some cases, from the rear as well. UNITS SURROUNDED Several companies were all but surrounded and subjected to heavy mortar, machine-gun, and small-arms fire forced their withdrawal.

One company, sent this morning to fill a gap, advanced to within 1,500 yards 1,375,000 LOSS IN RUBBER FIRE Arson at Singapore Mr. James Griffiths, Colonial Secretary, said in the Commons yesterday that losses in Thursday's destruction by fire of the Aik Ho rubber factory at Singapore might exceed 11 million Malayan dollars (1,375,000. First inquiries indicated that the fire was started by arson. Responsibility had not yet been established, but the factory had been named for sabotage in the recently captured plans of the Malayan Communist party. Mr.

Griffiths said the police and fire brigade reached the scene within ten minutes of the alarm, but the fire spread rapidly, and it was twelve hours before it was brought under control. He was satisfied that the police had taken the fullest possible precautions. Mr. W. Fletcher (C Bury) asked whether, since the emergency might increase ana stop or minimise the flow of these essential raw materials, the Minister had consulted the local authori ties about the possibility of a scheme of Government insurance.

Mr. Griffiths said he would prefer not to make a statement but would make inquiries. "HIGH COMMUNIST POLICY" From our Correspondent Singapore, July 28. The destruction of the Aik Hoe fac tory yesterday was the culmination of a week of fire-raising attempts on Singa pore's rubber stocks, of which four thousand tons was destroyed in this latest attempt. Five earlier attempts on factories and stores had been stopped before much damage was done.

Mr. R. C. B. Wiltshire, the Deputy Police Commissioner, said to-dav that destruction of rubber stocks was part of a nign-ievei uommumst policy.

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N.W.I. DRY ROT AND WOODWORM the menace to your home Free Exhibition SEE HOW TO CURE AND PREVENT THEM COLLEGE' OF TECHNOLOGY SACKVILLE STREET, MANCHESTER JULY 25th AUGUST 3rd DAILY 1 1 a.m. 0 pjn. fllM SHOWS Closed Sunday meanders to' Grassington between the long fells, through the improbable- sounding, village of Cracoe. where one half-expects to the blazonry of a Kosciuszko, one comes on a newly painted signpost.

Linton, it says and one is just around the corner from Elysium a quiet place where beauty, serene and unselfconscious, aware of its own fairness yet careless of applause, has dozed away the seasons. About a year ago something happened which made some' Linton folk give a proud little lift to their heads, while others drew down the corners of their mouths a little and murmured' against putting Linton on the map." A voice telephoned the village grocery and announced You have been chosen as the prettiest village in Yorkshire. Where would you like to put the prize It is an astrolabe." Of course a good deal more than that was said, but one can give only the gist of the proclamation and of the ensuing deliberations. The Parish Council gratefully accepted the title on behalf of the village, and, it is reasonable to suppose, everyone went off home to find out 'exactly what an astrolabe was and to imagine how it would look standing in an angle ox tne village green. By wayside discussion and in deliberative assembly the villagers thrashed out the matter.

Rumour attributed to the monument the unhallowed shape of a petrol pump it was like a Belisha beacon it was too large, too modern, too out of character. Why not a typical Dales sundial? Meanwhile the unveiling day was postponed until July 1 and then put off. again until an unspecified date in the autumn. Mr. Clough Williams-Ellis, the designer, modified his original design, snipped a foot -or so from the height and substituted a fluted pillar of Portland stone for a tapered column, and the villagers decided at a meeting by 42 votes to 14 to accept the monument.

-The pillar with its crown of fine gold precious with points and cercles marveilous will stand on a base of Southowram stone on which the faithful and the doubters too may sit and watch the sun strike the hours overhead. Proud of their antiquity, they may reflect that Ptolemv once sat so watchful and so still to lerne the tretis of the astrolabie." In time the suit able" inscription commemorating Lin ton's "prettiness" will achieve the intriguing blur of an old tombstone. ANOTHER SPY TRIAL Evidence bv a Former British Attache British Group Captain C. Turner, one of three officers taken off the British steamer Baltavia at Gdynia on May 19, was called yesterday as a witness in a spy trial in Warsaw. A dispatch received in London from the official Polish news agency and quoted by Reuter, identified him as Colonel Turner, but it is learned that the witness is Group Captain Turner.

"wh left the post of British air attacne in Warsaw lowaras the end of last year. Hp was the assistant nurser on the Baltavia when the Polish authorities took him away for questioning about a woman found aboard the shin: The British Embassy in Warsaw was satis fied at tne time tnax fousn auinormea were correct in holding him for inquiries. Since then the Foreign Office has heard nothing of him. The Polish news aeency said that Group Captain Turner was called as a witness in the trial of Wladyslaw Sliwinski. who has pleaded guilty Mo having organised armed terrorism and espionage on orders from London." Sliwinski also said he was an agent of the British military Group Captain Turner is said to have declared that he had long talks with Sliwinski while he was serving in Warsaw.

In reply to a question by the public prosecutor Group Captain Turner friendly conversations I discussed questions referring to Polish aviation. DISPUTE ABOUT CROP SHARING May Lead to -Total Loss From our own Correspondent Rome, July 28. During threshing operations to-day near Pisa mere was irouDie aooui crop-sharing percentages. The peasants' unions are asking for 50 per cent of the cron. whereas the agreement last year was 53 per cent to the peasants and 47 per cent to the landowners.

Carabinien mtervenea xo-aay ana arrested six persons, including the local secretaries of the crop sharers nninn. An eieht-hour general striKe the Pisa district was then called by the Communist-led unions. The Prefect of Pisa has sent out a proclamation stating that unless there is a speedy return to work the grain will go mouldy ana ienrte. and then no one will nave any. Threshing is late in several Italian dis tricts owing to tne allocation dispute, TWO AUSTRIANS REPRIEVED From our own Correspondent Vienna, July 28.

The retiring British High Commis sioner in Austria. Major General Sir John Winterton, attended a meeting oi the Allied Council for Austria for the last time to-day. Sir Harold Caccia, the British Minister in Vienna, takes over on August 1. Major General Winterton to-day reprieved two Austrians who had been sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment for beating British soldiers. SPEED LIMIT CHANGE PROPOSED Utility vehicles (without trailers) of the shooting brake, estate car, and hotel bus type, used mainly for the private carnage of passengers and their personal effects, will be freed from their present 30 m.p.h.

speed-limit if regulations made by the Minister of Transport are approved by Parliament. The limit will, however, continue to apply to any of such vehicles used for the conveyance of goods by way of trade, business, or profession, or for hire or reward. In Brief The order providing for a census of Great Britain on April 8, 1951. was signed by the King yesterday. Liverrjool oohthalmic bill from 'April 1 to early this month was 128,814, glasses costing 107.436.

The Railway. Staff National Tribunal will meet on August 9 to consider the claim by-the national union or Kaiiway-men for a higher minimum wage. It was announced at the closing 'session of -the International Congress of Radiology, in London, yesterday, that the next congress would be held at Copenhagen in 1953. up of of control is amazing. Our artillery blasted them ana they still kept coming Another commented They are as slippery as eels." STOPPING THE TANKS Air Strafing Korea, July 26 (Delayed).

Virtually the only action this afternoon was the heavy shelling of Yongdong and other enemy-held villages. Troops and Air Force pilots naa a breathing spell Navy carrier-based 'planes supplied "tactical air-ground support. The North Koreans have used their best tanks, equivalent to the Russian 34 (a 30-ton vehicle witn a 76mm, gun), along the Taejon-Kumchon road American 24 tanks, weighing 18 tons and mounting 75mm. guns, have been no match for the Russian types, although they nave proven useful in helping infantry elements to disengage from combat. Had it been for bombing and rocket strafing to which enemy tanks have been subjected by our virtually unopposed tactical support 'planes, things would have gone much worse than they have.

Massed artillery, too, has made things uncomfortable for enemy tanks and for daylight assaults. One battalion commander told me that it was reported to him that some South Koreans had been impressed into service by the Communists. One thing the American cannot get used to is the abandon with which the enemy attacks in spite of heavy losses. By arrangement with the Baltimore Sun FRENCH PLAN TO MEET SABOTAGE Everyone Mobilised Paris, July 28. M.

Jules Moch (Minister of Defence) told the National Assembly to-night that, in case of war, France must increase her gendarmery and National Guard four or five times to deal with parachutists and Fifth Columnists by adding reservists specialised in coping with saboteurs and agents. In addition, a solidly built National Guard would be charged with alerting missions. M. Moch added that parachutists and Fifth Columnists would have to be combated without unmanning the frontiers. But from this moment," he continued, in view of the number of explosions and acts of sabotage taking place in the world, everyone must con sider himself mobilised.

The whole nation must show vigilance at every moment. M. Moch confirmed the figures of Russia war preparations eiven bv Mr. Shinwell in the House of Commons on Wednesday, but added The im mediately available forces of the U.S.S.R. are inferior to those given by Mr.

Shinwell, but neither Mr. Shinwell nor I wish to disclose the exact information we have." DEFENCE POLICY He said France's defence policy was based on the principles that she could not think of being neutral, would not take part any aggressive war, could not defend herself alone, and sought her own security in collective security. Three sensitive points exist in the world, he said, "the Far East (Korea, Indo-China, Malaya), the Middle East with its oilfields, and Western Europe. The most important is Western Europe. We must get it into our heads that it will be an economy for us if we give ourselves the means to fix the combat outside our territory." M.

Moch said French manufacturers of arms must get out of the experi mental stage into mass production, we must not waste our time in quarrels between experts who seek the greatest perfection." he added. "Prototypes exist. The problem is to build them. on a big scale, adapting our manufac ture to the substantial deliveries which America is sending to us. PHANTOM ARMY" M.

Paul Reynaud, criticising M. Moch's statements, said Against 175 divisions, 25,000 tanks, and 19,000 'planes what have we The Phantom Army' of the West. France should arm herself not to make war, but to avoid it. With a bit more imagination. 260,000.000 Europeans should have been able to set 200.000,000 Russians trembling instead of the reverse.

We must create a Confederation of European States, not a Federation without Britain." M. Reynaud said Mr. Shinwell's statement on Russian strength had not taken into account the satellite nations. We must not forget there is a Soviet marshal in command at Warsaw," he commented. Reuter and British United Press.

4,000 'PLANES IN FIVE YEARS From our own Correspondent Paris. July 28. The National Assembly to-night approved the Government's five-year plan of air armament. Voting was 412 to 182. M.

Maroselli (Secretary for Air) said the plan would provide 2.500 modern fighter aircraft in five years and 1,500 lor auxiliary purposes. The first section of the plan, for which the Government was asking Credits immediately, would provide 1,100 aircraft and 1,200 training, transport, and other auxiliary 'planes. This was in addition to the construction of 400 Vampire and other fighters which-had already been authorised by Parliament. M. Maroselli said the Government wa's being criticised for having failed to plan the construction of bombers, but at present only America was in a position to construct long-ranse bombing aircraft.

In time the French Government hoped to construct light DomDers. TO-DA Y'S WEA THER Fair or Fine By this morning a ridge of high pressure is expected to cover much of the country. Most parts of England and Wales will have fair or fine day. In Scotland and Ireland there will be rain or showers at times. Midday temperatures will be from 65deg.

to 70deg. in the and around C5deg. in most N. areas. Forecast for the period up to midnight: EntUnd.

Wales: "Llrlit or moderate variable or N. winds; fair or flue. S.E.. Mid and N.E. Scotland.

Orkn. Shrlland: Lltiit or moderate S. winds; fair period! and ahovera mm cnanceoi tnunaer in places. Scotland. Iile oi Man.

Ireland Moderate S.W. winds (moderate to fresh In Ireland): malnlr fair for. mucn of day. protatj.y ouaa later witn rain at tunes. W.

and N.W. Scotland: Moderate or fresh 3W. wind; ralu or showers at times but fair periods. Further Ontlook: To-morrow moraine; la ezDected to be fair In E. and S.E.

Enc'and and the E. Midlands: cloudy weather some rain will occur in areas ana may anect tne wnoie country dj evening. SEA PASSAGES Entlfeh Channel. East: Sea mjlnlT slteht. Strait of DDver and Southern North gra: Sea mainly moderate Irish Sea.

and St. Georie'a Channel: Sea mainly sliKht or moderate. Sun Moon Rises Sets Rises Sets To-day 5 18 a 12 9 S3 m. 57 a.m. To-morrow 5 19 9 10 10 06 p.m.

6 28a.m. Pull Moon To-day. 5 17 a.m. H1UH TIDE TABLE To-day M.T. M.T Blackpool 1121am 1138 p.m.

Southport llOla.m 1118 p.m. To-morrow Blackpool 12 07 m. Southport 11 47 a ITidal Institute Copyright Lighting-lip Timet (or To-day Manchester 10 12 p.m. 4 20 a.m. Lighting-up Times (or To-morrow Manchester 10 11 p.m.

4 22 a.m. YESTERDAY IN MANCHESTER WarrwoaTB Pair Mcteoioiocicai. OssEamoir. FR1BAT. JULY 28.

Weather summary for past 24 hour, ending 9 m. (G.M.T.): Brteiit sunshine occasional coudy periods. Barometer (millibars): 1.017.1 (SO.lOOin.). Shiri temnerature: Drv bulb. 9 a.m.

61.9. 9 m. 59.0. wet bulb. 9 am.

56.0, 9 pm. 54.0; maximum 69. minimum d1. riumldlty a a m. or.

p.m i. Rainfall: NX Sunshine 7.2hr. The barometric pressure clven is corrected to mean sea level at 45dee. latitude and 12dei. cectlsrade taa oaeg.

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The college has completed two full academic sessions, and has a student body numbering almost three hundred, with a teaching staff of about sixty. In the course of two vears it has started Faculties in Arts, Science. Medicine, and Agriculture, and gives some training in engineering. Its rapid development has been watched with interest, and some pride, by the peoples of Nigeria. Now.

at the end of its second full session, Nigerian attention has been focused upon it by a series of attacks, mounting in intensity, from various sections of the nationalistic press. The subject-matter of the attacks is obviously exaggerated and based upon rumour. Headline reports of mass resignations of African members of staff are contradicted by the continued Rjresence of those members. Allegations that members of the Faculty of Medicine are deliberately making improper use of African patients in the teaching hospitals for research purposes have been shown to be quite unfounded. Reports of serious unrest among the members of the junior staff have been indignantly denied by the Junior Staff Association in an open letter to the press.

The abolition by the college authorities of the expatriation allow ance for European members of the staff has made it difficult to justify state ments that there is discrimination Africans in matters of salarv. whole tone of the attacks bears the mark of that wishful thinking which is characteristic of an Opposition press not greatly troubled by meticulous concern tor accuracy. HELP TO AMERICANS ON CIVIL DEFENCE Lessons from Britain Washington, July 28. Britain's Civil Defence training chief. Sir John Hodsoll, addressed a press conference here at the end of a fortnight's visit to America to pass on the lessons of Britain's experience to America's growing civil defence organisation.

Sir John Hodsoll told Americans they would have to rebuild their air-raid shelters. Hesaid they must be a part of any United States Civil Defence programme, but that many other protective measures were necessary, including 1. Decentralisation of the civil defence organisation through the various cities and states 2. Stocking goods in key areas which might run short in an emergency 3. Accumulating stocks of blood and blood plasma 4.

The training of sections of the population in elementary fire protection and first- aia. Huge quantities of blood plasma and whole blood are needed for atomic victims," he said. "Gamma rays of atomic bombs destroy a great deal of the blood stream. It is vitally necessary to build up blood stocks. "No suit will keep out the gamma rays," he said, but we are investigating the problem of some form of denim suiting to keep radio-active particles from the skin.

Gas-masks will probably also be necessary for this purpose." Told that the depth of New York subways, is less than that of the District nnaerground in London. Sir John said tney would be no good. We did not allow people in the last war to use the District line subways but only the tube subways, which are much deeper," he said. The main differences between British and United States civil defence, he said, is We have started and you have not. We look forward to American civil defence officials visiting our civil defence college and technical schools shortly." He said the best feature about Washington was the open spaces, which would allow the population to Reuter and British United Press.

KEEPING GERMANY'S FOUR-POWER STATUS Berlin, July 28. The Soviet zone authorities in East Berlin will, it is announced, safeguard the city's four-Power status by not allowing it to take part in the October elections in the Soviet zone. There had been reports that the Russians proposed to make East Berlin' the sixth province of Eastern Germany. The Western Allies have persistently disregarded appeals from the West German Republic to make West' Berlin the twelfth Western province. Reuter.

None the less, the attacks are creating a profound impression. Nigerians recognise in these attacks a challenge to Britain's claim that she has the right and responsibility to develop the West African colonies. Nigerians like to think that they possess a university college, ajpd will, in time, have a fuil-fledged university but they think of it as a Nigerian university, not as a British colonial institution. British colonial policy may supply the initial drive, but Nigeria must carry it on and develop it. This i a natural reaction, and a healthy one.

It is symptomatic not only of the temper of Nigerian feeling but of a sentiment which is found most of the colonies. Nigeria cannot at present provide a sufficient number of men of adequate academic status to staff in full a university college. Nigerians do not seriously dispute this. What they wish to be assured of is that those who come to help them to build up a college (and a university) will work to make it a Nigerian institution, and will not merely develop a new branch of British colonial administration. Rather than have this development a section of Nigerian opinion would prefer to bring about the abolition of the university college.

If Nigerian feeling can be stirred by attacks on one of the more successful development schemes successful, that is, from the point of view of the peoples or Nigeria one is tempted to ask whether the individual British on the spot are sufficiently imbued with a spirit of service and comradeship in a great work. Efficiency and integrity alone are not enough, if British plans for development of the colonies are to be carried through with the willing co-operation of their peoples. 11,000 GUERRILLAS SCATTERED Attack in Indo-China Units of the French Foreign Legion with amphibious tanks and four infantry battalions, supported by aircraft, artillery, and French naval craft, have scattered a force of about eleven thousand Viet-Minh guerrillas, one hundred miles south of Saigon, in the past few days. The operation was conducted in the jungles and swamps in the no-man's- land at the South-eastern tip of the Trivinh Peninsula, where French Intelligence had reported the guerrillas to. be forming for an attack.

The guerrillas had also been protecting arms -smugglers working for the Viet-Minh Rebel Government along the Bassac river. The arms were said to be coming from Siam. the Philippines, and some from Czechoslovakia by way of Karachi. News of French movements was sent to the guerrillas by, their agents. On the first two days of the operation French' troops tried to encircle the guerrilla positions and cut off their retreat to the north, but twice the rebels vanished.

By the third day most of the guerrillas who had not been killed, wounded, or captured had dispersed over a wide area. Reuter. GIRL REJOINS MALAY FOSTER-MOTHER Dutch Father Perplexed A 13-year-old Dutch girl. Bertha de Hartogh, who lived for eight years in Javanese and Malay villages, was reunited in Singapore last night-with her Malay The Court of Appeal set aside an earlier order that Bertha be restored to her parents in Holland. Bertha ran into the arms of her foster- mother, Ammah.

in a reunion flooded with tears. For the past two months. Bertha, who fled with Aminah into the jungle when the Japanese invaded Malaya in 1942. has been in the care of jne Singapore Government's Social Welfare Department. Her parents were interned by the Japanese.

S.x-rgeant de Hartogh, Bertha's 5 J5er-J said in Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, that he did not see how it" was possible for the Sineannn fnnrf "in keep our chad away from us. If necessary I am prepared to go to Singapore to MAN BITES DOG Paris. Jm.r 28. M. Justin Roulet, a chemist, told, a fans court to-day that he bit- hi: aog oecause it was a messy little beast." He also punched uuur on.ine The couri fined him 5.

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