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United States Breaks Diplomatic Ties With Cuba
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Eisenhower Says!
{U.S. Reached Self!
Respect Limit
WASHINGTON-AP~The United States Tuesday night broke off diplomatic relations with the
Cuban government of Premier Castro.
president Eisenhower at 8.30 p.m. issued a statement saying: "There is a limit to what the United
States in self respect can endure. That limit has now
been reached."
The United States has asked Switzerland to handle all its diplomatic and consular duties in Cuba.
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Eisenhower gave as his reason | overthrew the former regime ol
the ultimatum delivered by Cuba Dictatoi Fulgencio Batista,
this morning which demanded The last straw came Tuesday,
lhat the U.S. limit Hie personnel I Castro ordered thc U S. Em-
in ils embassy and consulate in bassy staff cut to 11, declaring
Havana to ll persons ]that the embassy harbored spies
blames (.'. Hagerty. White; directing counter - rcvo utionary
House press secretary, declined ] activities. The staff ha_ recently
to answer any questions about | numbered 87, having been cut in
what the U.S. intends lo do with j the past six months irom4 about
the naval base it operates in i 120.
Guantanamo, Cuba. i    Castro's action was a followup:
He was asked whether the U.S. • to his charges last weekend that.
still intends to defend the .base ■ President Eisenhower had or-;
by force if necessary against any i dcred U.S. marines lo invade j
attack by Castro. j Cuba before Jan. 18. Castro-eon-
DETERIORATED STEADILY     i trolled newspapers said the Cu-
U.S.-Cubnn relations have been ban government had learned ofj
deteriorating steadily since Cas- such a plot from reliable sources, j
tro's accession Iq powcr two At the time, Hagertv described,
years ago, when his revolution' thc charges as ridiculous. |
Bv F.llDV GILMORE
'SSEI.S <AP)-Polcc with
_ anil clubs fought strikers j
J other major cit-
Tuesday as ' parliament I
[h debate on the object ofl
.or.ers' wraih—a rigid econ-
program.
parliament after hearing Premier Gaston Eyskcns denounce
thc mass walkouts as political.
Heading a* coalition of Roman
Catrolic Social Christians ond
Liberals, Eyskens late last year
presented parliament with his
program, designed to balance the
■ialist leaders of the general I budget, bring about administra-
louscdHe, n<w in its third week, dc-; tive  reforms,   increase  produc-
rcss • (ly called for more mass ral- i tion and offset loss of revenue
in the streets today. I from The Congo, a former col-
(norms oppeals to call off the! ony.
the  Socialists   tried   to SAY WORKER PENALIZED
he austerity program in I   The Socialists say the legisla-
b Talk On Ea$t
African Problems
SKAtill.W MAYNES
WDON i Reuters >-A scccs-
' movement in Uganda and
lie paralysis in Kenya
tied Tuesday night as the big
J"*ies for Britain's East Af-
govcrnors who meet here
routidtable conference,
'lonial Secretary Iain Mac-
...r .i r i.»____*''•• preside at the meeting
\ . ,,.«____?)vern(,rs Sir Frederick Craw-
of t M»-m of Ujanda, Sir Patrick Reni-
|^of Kenya and Sir Richard
.' 11 of Tanganyika,
twest problems for the co-
il chiefs was expected to be
■ decision of Bugonda-most
■erlul ol the four kingdoms of
■mda—tn set up as an inde-
Vent state.
Ltd.
ENT
A ncw constitution will come
into force for the Brii:ah protec-
torae of Uganda after elections
in March.
SEEK INDEPENDENCE
Secessionist leaders in Bu-
ganda, fearing loss of the kingdom's present large measure of
autonomy, won approva in Bu-
gando's parliament for a resolution declaring its independence.
But both the colonial secretary
and Uganda's governor have
made It clear Britain will not
permit secession.
During the roundtable conference, Kenya's governor will present a firsthand report on the
worsening economic situation in
the colony.
Canada Watches
Laos Situation
*f GRAHAM TROTTER
■Madia.   Press   Stuff   Writer
wil war in a small princely
fl°m   halfway   around   th
tHE COUNTRY PARSON
world from Canada is being
watched with interest and anxiety by the Canadian government, i
It was in Laos, a state about
the size of the three Maritime I
provinces, that Canadian soldiers <
and diplomats helped maintain
the peace for' four years until
Canada again may have 'o
play the role of fireman In the
Indochineie state where the conflict between pro-West and pro-
Communist forces has been de-
•Wrtbtd as "grave" by the U.S.
government and as, a "dangeroys
hotbed" of flsi by Sovet Premier Khrushchev.
for the Canadian government,
tt it a matter of watting until the |
fUuMJcB   erysUHw*   and   until I
tion penalizes the working man
with higher taxes and cuts his
social security benelits.
The Socialists booed Eyskens
when he praised the Social
Christian unions, which have condemned the nation-wide strike
and refused to join in.
Defence Minister Rene Lefebrc
told parliament 'hat "between
Dec. 19 and 31 there have been
540 acts of sobotage across the
country.
"I appeal to common sense.
Order must be maintained. Freedom of our civilians must be protected. Our national heritage
must, be safeguarded."
State police manned barbed
wire' barricades around parliament buildings and mili ory police guarded the corridors as the
deputies and senators, ending a
Christmas recess, took up the
crisis.
As thy debated, mass protest
rallies called by the Socialists
throughout the country erupted
in disorders in the capital, in
Antwerp, in Namur and elsewhere.
CHARGE WITH SABRES
Mounted state police charged
unruly strikers with sabres in
Brussels' Place Rogier, a mile
from the parliament buildings.
Nine thousand marchers
budged through the capital's!
main streets—but stayed clear of
Brussels neutral zone, h6using
parliament and the palace.
Other than for two outbreaks
of stone and bomb throwing, lhe'
demonstration had becn the most
orderly so far held in the capital
since the strikes began 15 days
ago.
Demonstrators clashed wilh police in Antwerp, Tournai and on
the outskirts of Namur.
Using tear gas and their truncheons police hurled back a band
of 3,000 youthful strikers who
marched on Namur from the
suburb of St. Scrvais.
In Antwerp, in.oon filed
through the streets and when
Ihey began breaking windows,
police on foot charged them. Po
lice accused Communists of taking ovcr the demonstrat on.
At Tournai near the French
frontier.-the Belgian Radio said
a.detachment of state policemen
"v.cre overwhelmed" by strik-
UN Moves Troops
ToKivu Province
CHILPANCINGO, Mexico—Mexican federal troops force civilians' off the
streets here Dec. 31, following anti-government demonstration in which eleven
persons were killed and dozens of others were injured. The violence climaxed three months of public clamor to oust Raul Caballcro, Governor of Guer-
. rero State, who has becn accused of furthering political patronage and per.
sonal interests at the expense of individual rights and state economy.
De Gaulle Steps Up Plans
For Keeping Public Order
By GODFREY ANDERSOM    ' also were reported on the alert in , frontiers about thc time that th*
PARIS (API - President the Algiers region. ; voting takes place.
Charles dc Gaulle Tuesday step- More troops were expected lo1 Algerians — both Moslem and
ped up plans for keeping public sail with l.'i unit*, of thc French Kuropcan — are supposed to cast
order-when-France and Algeria ■ .Mediterranean fleet from Toulon their ballots next Friday in tho.
vote'on his policies next-week--today. J        I back  country,  Saturday  in tile
end. There werc reoorls that somei.smaller towns,   and   Sunday  in
Soldiers on leave from Algeria  reservists bad been called up for: the cities. Any major rebel at-
were ordered to rcport back to ' active service, but these were dc-: tack during the tense' and send-
LEOPQLDV1LLE  (Rculers)  -i    He said thc situation   In   the  'heir units immediately. Reports; nicd  by the defence  ministry.    '; tive voting period might frighten
The   frostier   between   Ruanda-   province was "tense"   and   that | from Oran said reinforcements of ■    Some of the armored units usu-  many Moslems into abstaining.
Urundi and Kivu province in The, scveral Europeans,   including  a < ahout 2-500 mcn had a,rcn .>' ar" country  chatau  at  Rambouillet..
Congo has been closed, a United
Nations spokesman said Tuesday.
Two days ago. troops of Congo
army strongman Col. Joseph Mobutu used Ruanda-Urundi. a Belgian - administered UN trust territory, as a landing place for airborne troops heading for neighboring Kivu province where
forces loyal to imprisoned premier Patrice Lumumba
rested.
The Red Cross official was
apparently a Dr. Fischer who is
in The Congo to investigate the
treatment of political prisoners
and who reported the condition
of Lumumba two weeks ago.
The spokesman said    hc   UN
was negotiating for ihe release of
the imprisoned Europeans,
tive. i EUROPEANS BEATEN
Mobutu used Ibc trust crritory;    Hc also said a numbcr of other i
Europeans wi
Red Cross official,'had been ar-irive!l lnere   t0   J°in   lhe  heavy  .13 miles outside Paris, werc re-
security force of foreign legion-; ported en route to Marseille,
aires, paratroops and riot police  ATTACK RUMORED
for the move despitt
tusnl of his roqucst lo do so.
The spokesman said the UN
was airlifting more troops, including Nigerians and Indonesians, into Goma, one of the few
Kivu airstrips, to reinforce thc
depleted Kivu Nigerian garrison.
beaten up.
Kivu officials, kidnapped
on Christmas Day by a raiding
party from thc pro - Lumumba
stronghold of Stanleyville, have;
been seen by UN officials in
Oriental • province, the spokesman said.
Police Capture
Drunken Drake
WOODSTOCK, III. (AP) - A
weaving, q ua c k i n g duck,
staggering around the south
end of Woodstock New Year's
morning, was picked up by
police—after a hectic chase .
Police said the duck was
drunk and put him in jail.
It was thc only drunken
drake jailed for celebrating
Ncw Year's.
Policemen Don Liston and
Tom Vcrnie got a report that a
duck was waddling along the
icy streets and sidewalks, occasionally flapping his wings.
When they arrived on the
scene they detected a noticeable stagger In his stride.
The policemen found that a
duck, even if .intoxicated, is not
easy to catch. Willi Liston and
Vernirc in pursuit, thc duck
scooted along, just a few inches
off the ground, sailed over a
snow bank (something the policemen couldn't do!. then
paused until thcy had almost
caught up.
Then he look off again,gamboling across the snow-covercd
lawns. But hc linally. cooked
hi_ own goose, lie ran into a
garage and the policemen captured him.
Liston and Vernire suggested
the duck was a tame one and
probably had been given some
eggnog by his owner.
already in thc city.  Paratroopi
Nothing Wrong?
GENOA 'API - When policemen L ti c i an o Gianoni
stopped 1!)-year - old Francesco Rottazzi al a street
crossing, thc youth protested
indignantly.
"I was driving carefully."
Francesco insisted. "I broke
no traffic laws. I havc my
driver's licence. What did I
do wrong?"
"Nothing," thc policeman
told him, "except thats my
car you're driving."
Francesco will be charged
with theft.
RIVER AT FLOOD STAGE
SARAGOSSA, Spain (Reuters)
Fourteen villages in the nearby
It was not clear whethir all Ebro Valley, and part of this
this military activity was ex- [ city, were evacuated Tuesday as
elusive..- concerned with keeping'tre Ebro River rose 20feet. Low-
ordcr during t h c referendum.' lying farmlands and houses were
! There have been repeated rum- damaged by the flood. Fifty miles
ors during the U st few days that upstream from S_ra_ossa, the
lhc Algerian Nationalist rebels river, which normally is a few
i intended mounting a hi; attack hundred yards wide, now is
: from lhc Moroccan and Tunisian ' three miles wide.
I ;      "
Hungry Driver
DUBLIN (Reutersi - Motorist William Pratl. fined
Tuesday for driving bis cat-
in a /.ig - Wg foshioti, explained to the court he was
gnawing  a   liamhiino  at  the
Thc prosecution said Pratt
told the p o I ic em a n who
stopped him hc had arrived
late at a dinner and a waiter
had  given him a hambonc.
Pratl said hc had not intended In chew il till hc got
home but hunger-overcame
him and hc look a bile.
He was fined £3 Ua.SOi for
dangerous driving.
Nations Postpone
Talks On Tariff
By DAVID OANttA mon external lariff.
Canadian Press Staff Writer This phase was to have been
LONDON <CPi - The free completed before Christmas, but
world's, trading nations have as the new year began the ne-
poslponed for at least a month gottators were back at the bardie second stage of talk? aimed gaining tables trying to reach a
at whittling down .ariff barriers.' compromise.
Informed sources here today' The second stage of the GATi
placed the blame for the delay: talks has as its goal a genero'
largely on lhe lough stand taken1 reduction of free world tari.'l
by negotiators for lhc European levels. If the negotiators are'so
tho   first! intransigent 'as thcy have been to
stage of the Geneva confen
of   the   General   Agreement   on
Tariffs and Trode.
During Ihis .Mage nations mil-
side the bloc formed by France.
Germany. Ita-y . and' Benelux
countries are itlruptins lo oh
lain compensation fo1- lhc damage thev expect *o suffer as a
result of the community's com
be months before
this stage is reached.
MAKE TARIFF CUTS
This week lhc Common Market
powers look another step towards
the attainment of customs union.
They cut lariffs among themselves again and made their-first
move in erecting a common tar-
RUMOR MEETING DATE
BONN (Reutersi - Chancellor
Adenauer is expected to meet
with President de Gaulle in Paris
Feb. B, a West German foreign
ministry spokesman said Tuesday.
irt
Kept Secret of Treasures for 12 Yrs.
By RICHARD DAIGNAULT
Canadian Press Stall Writer   1
QUEBEC (CP> - Walter Du-1
chesnay. the man who guarded
the WOO 000 Polish treasures
for the Quebec government, kepi
his. secret. 12 years..
The long - time Iwdyguard of
the late Premier Maurice Duple...
sis disclosed for 'lie first time;
Tuesday his role m the secrecy-
shrouded movements ol the art
No other man snow the com I provincial government I ment to  Poland.  They
bination of the provincial mu- ASSIGNMENT COMPLETED hape gone on New Year's Day
seum vault where the historical Tuesday night, after the trets but a snowstorm delayed the
relics were kept at a carefully ures had all been packed Into operation and a tip from a Mont-
malnlained Icmpentiiiv of 45 de-1 two I rucks, Mr. Duchesnav real Polish group disclosed the
grees fahrenheil, under a 24-hour j locked the heavy steel door into I Quebec government had con
police guard. | place and hid Polish'government J sented lo the return of the treas-
Evcn afler the death   of   Mr. | representatives goodbye. Minutes | ures to Poland.
Duplcssis in cplc'mher. Ifl.V) and! later lhe trucks, were  on  their I     "1   kept   tbe   secret   for  12 .j
the change   of go"ernmcnt   last j way and Mr.'Duchesnav's special'years,"   said Mr.   Duchcsnay   in  ;
June, Mr.   Duchcsuuy held   the I assignment was completed. lan interview, "1 ih'uik that was:;
of the secret lock, j   Thc treasures werc escorted t' pretty good. I am glao it is allj;
although r
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___!__.,• treasures, brought to Canada for built according to his specifics lhc  Vermont  border  by  tbe
Wk .W "••* .foyarament fw'sa'cltc.ifng during the  Second 1 tions in 1MB alter lhc treasures! RCMP and state police neenm   tried  lo  steal   or  damage   the]:
^i'i good office*. ! World War. v I were placed in the custody of the, panicd Ihem to flo.Ion for ship! Irt
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Weather' \Nfld. Skies-
Cloudy, snow flurries turn-      WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4
ing to continual mow.   High .  •
today 32. I Sunset IWoday  ...4:23 p.m.
"-A/DCDATiiDCc I Sunrise  tomorrow 7:49 a.m.
icMr-tKA UKtw: Moonrisc  tonight 7:15 pjn."
Hcrtcrdaysl Last Quarter  Jan. 9.
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Moncton      l'J     2.i
Halifax       24      32   I    . ,       „,.,,
Sydney       22     26   i High   - .8:31 a.m.. 9:26 p.m.' ■
Sf. John's  .26     32   'Low     . .2:32 a.m., 2:57 p.m.
Prominent Stars
Sirius, rises 7:31p.m.
Aldebaran  high in south   9:39 p.m.o
Visible Planets ■_-;>
Venus, in the southwest  .6:08 p.m.
"ars, iu the cast   7:21 p.m.
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