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Alerts  Fleet In   Mediterranean
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LONDON CCP) - Britain and
France sped military preparations
In the Suez crisis Friday as Egypt
Russia and 19 other countries received invitations to discuss a
peaceful solution in a London conference Aug. 16.
Britain's transport ministry an-
nounccd thc requisitioning of an
unspecified number of merchant
ships to rush troops and supplies
to thc eastern Mediterranean,
Shipping quarters said 12 cargo
liners were requisitioned Friday
and a total of about 40 vessels
will be required.
The Queen fixed her great seal
to a proclamation enabling the
war ministry to mobilize up i
400,000 reservists. Callup notices,
however, were mailed only lo sev-
real thousand specialists and technicians.
"The present state of public affairs and extent of demands on
our military forces for the protection of the" interests of the Com
monwealth and Empire do In our
opinion constitute a case of great
emergency," said the proclamation.
Royal Nvay spokesmen disclosed
that the aircraft carriers Theseus
and Bulwark and the cruiser Glasgow were to sail for the eastern
Mediterranean Sunday and Monday. The Theseus was prepared
to carry 1,000 troops and the Bulwark was to receive a squadron
of aircraft while at sea.
In tiie island of Cyprus, where
Britain has long been having
'trouble with Greek Cypriots demanding union with Greece, British authorities began requisitioning school buildings for list. in
housing troops reinforcements
during the  school vacations.
British Canberra jet' bombers
already had arrived at the British
Mediterranean island base of
Malta, and it was reported Hawker Hunter fighters, pictured as
a match for Sovitt - built MiGs,
were to foUow.
A new tent city sprang up at
Malta to house reinforcements being rushed from Britain. Reports
circulated on tlie island that
French parachute troops also were
on their way to Malta.
British army personnel on leave
in Tripoli and Italy were recalled
to their units.
FRENCH FLEET ON ALERT
In the French port of Toulon,
some 10,000 sailors hurried back
to their ships as France's Mediterranean fleet was on the alert
to sail on short notice. Tons of
munitions were loaded on thc warships.
The French cabinet Friday con
sidercd plans for a possible land,
sea. _and air intervention in Egypt
if the 24 - nation* conference, announced   here   Thursday   bv   thc
will "use every, means" to defeat
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel
Nasser's Suez coup.
Premier Guy Mollet and Foreign
cheered by ali but the Communist
members, said the government is
seeking every way for a peaceful solution but is preparing for
strong military action if this fails
NASSER MAY NOT ATTEND
But advance indications from
Cairo were Uiat Nasser would decline his invitation to the conference.
Nasser broke off a vacation in
Alexandria and returned to Cairo
Friday nisht to study lhe implivr
tions of the American - British-
French bfd tn submit his July 26
■nationalization of tho canal to an
international regime guaranteeing
open passage to all ships.
Earlier,    official    Egyptian
Big' Three Western foreign" min-{sources said the three-power plan
istcrs, proves abortive. j "completely disregards thc rights
French government leaders assured the National Assembly Lhcj
of Egypt to exerci*-e sovereignty
within its boundaries."
Dulles Raps Egypt's Action  On  Canal   Issue
I Poland Announces Five Year Economy
Produce More Butter, Fewer Guns
Ij SIDXtY TAYLOR
aW lUfi'lcr-;) — Com mil-
I&31 nill produce fewer
|ci Mr- butter under an
3a five . year plan an-
■ti Fifty in biiUter the
"iiis":;-!-: economy.
■j'"*!, dra**n up by the
Sorters U'o'UiiuinisO
■ till for a "considerable
"f Ui?.th dclcnc-c indus-
-*•'-? v hen tlie Cold War
JiibeisM-to be switched
?■"■'" snorts production Ij
[m ■■*;:■: Mimriard*- of thc
B.K0.W population.
The plan contains a directive to
the government to draw up a
guns-to-buttcr production program
"without, however, detriment lo
the defence preparedness of thc
country."
Improvement of Polish living
standards is part of government
moves to offset the ferment of industrial unrest that resulted in thc
"wc-want-brcad" riots in Poznan
last June when according to the
government 53 persons wcrc killea
and 300 were wounded in violent
demonstrrtions.
"Guiding principles" of the plan
are a 30-per-cent increase in
wages during the nest fiVe years
and the construction of ■1,200,000
more single rooms in this war-
devastated country.
The new steps to cmeliorate the
hard life ol the masses in Polarfd
depend, it has been officially
acknowledged, on an increase v,\
50 per cent  in the national in-
The plan'calls for the extension ■ come. Industrial production must
of trade and exchange of technical
experience   with   capitalist   coun.
tries "on the basis of equality and
mutual advantage."
PROHIBIT WAGE DIP   x
Revision of work quotas.in factories will not be admissibly, if it
results in a lowering of'vJIfces-
one of the grievances of the Foa-
nan rioters.
iwirie    Section    Of
ff Be  Finished By
j??.<CP) - Trans-Can-
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SM Alberta • Montreal
Jf &*. said Friday
?*W"l-bu| not assured—
•V* section will be com-
, "6 icar-end deadline.
*■*■«! reports attributed
Wnr that no gas will
]t.r*t an*- Brandon be-
S*d>   the   United
H S: Howc told thc
■Vu n* a ton-[>any of-
^•ntHied » General
.,,SS-Coalcsof To-
V* Ti    'm   ^    '»™    tS
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Prairie leg on schedule.
The question of the, line's completion flared up Thursday night
when a Western gas distributor
said he was informed Trans-Canada could not deliver gas to Brandon and Winnipeg until the summer of 1957.
Frank J. Slmlngton of Edmonton,  general  manager  of  Gren
Northern Gas Utilities Ltd. of Edmonton,   which   controls   Plains-
Western Gas and Electric Com
pany Ltd., said he-got the inform
ma tlon from Sanford Rels, Great
Northern   president.   Plains-Western holds thc franchise 'for gas
distribution  in Brandon.
NAMES SOURCE
Mr. Siminglon said Mr. Rels got
Pipeline
Years  End
his information from Bernard
Lowe, Trans-Canada's sales manager.
Despite Trans-Canada's denials,
Plains-Western Friday inserted a
half-page advert Is e m e n t thc
Brandon Daily Sun, which read m
part:
"Trans-Canada Pipe Lines, Ltd.,
today at 2 p.m. informed your gas
company that natoral gas would
not be a1 ailablc for delivery to
Brandon or points cast until the
summer of 1957."
A Trans*Canada spokesman
said:
"We can flatly deny that any
.company official said the line will
not be completed to Brandon by
the end of the year."
be increased by 53-57 per cent,
agricultural production by 25 per
cent.
A six-year plan just completed
failed to raise workers' wages by
40 per cent and Uic incomes ol
urban and rural persons by B0 per
cent. It was hoped to increase
agricultural production by 50 per
cent but nothing like this figure
was reached.
Key job of the new plan, the
report said, is to. ensure the greatest possible improvement in the
standard of living.
-WASHINGTON (AP) - State
Secretary Dulles Friday night
called Egypt's sudden move in nationalizing tbe Suez Canal "an
angry act of retaliation against
fancied grievances."
In a. radio - television report,
however, he exprcsscdfconfidcnce
a 24-country conference set for
Aug, 16 will ensure continued "international operation" of the great
waterway.
Dulles  spoke  from   the  White
, House after President Elsenhower
presented him lo the radio-TV audience.
While denouncing the nationalization of the canal, Dulles nevertheless stressed that any international control agreed upon should
"also fully protect the legitimate
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interests of Egypt."
"There is ev«7 desire that
Egypt should be treated with the
utmost fairness," he said. "Also
(he owners *nd employees of the
now-dispossessed canal company
should' b« fairly treated."
■ The secretary, speaking less
than seven hours after returning
from emergency talks in London,
made it clear he has not promised
to join Britain and France in any
military action should Egypt refuse to accept any international
supervision of the canal.
"Certainly, we have given no
commitments of any kind," he
said, "as lo what the United
States will do in that unhappy con-
tingengy."
Dulles noted that "some people"
—whom he did not identify—have
"counseled immediate forcible action" by governments most directly affected by Premier GamI
Abdel Nasser's move in nationalizing thc waterway.
Presumably, Dulles had in mind
some British and French critics
of Nasser, Both British and French
governments have mobilized some
of their army, navy and air force
to prepare for any development
in the tense Middle East.
AGAINST UN CHARTER
In explaining why the idea of
immediate mi 1 i t a r y retaliation against Egypt was rejected,
he said:
"This . . . would have been contrary lo the principles of Uie
United Nation's charter and would
have undoubtedly led to wide
spread violence, endangering the
peace of the world."
The 24 - country conference
agreed agreed upon, he said, will
provide "moral forces which are
bound lo prevail" in convincing
Egypt to accept some international control.
THINKS EGYPT WILL ACCEPT
"It.is one thing to defy one
two nations." he said. "It is another thing to defy the considered
and sober judgment of many nations which have treaty rights in
the canal and which, in large
part, depend for their economic
livelihood upon lhe operation o[
the canal in accordance with the
1838 treaty (internationalizing the
canal)."
Suez Canal: Narrow Ditch, Troubled Century
Sunrise .
Sunset ..
High
5.04 a.m,
5.14 p.m.
TIDES
4.42 a.m.
7.31 p.m.
Low
11.20 a.m
SUNDAY, AUGUST 5
(Standard Time)
Sunrise .
Sunset ,.
High
6.03 a.m.
6.13 p.m.
TIDES
4.43 a.m.
, 7,29 p.m.
Low
12.01 a.m.
12.19 p.m.
-Hue   Sergeant   Cleared   Of   Manslaughter
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r§e In   Death   March  Of  Young  Recruits
SUNft. sr   -Am    hi..  „   HuAtn<„.»n-ht an/i. Within   twn  -weeks,   she   exnects I disintegrated inta a'shoutim- mi>-
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S; night of man.
y^tcost six Marine
•W' iaW guilty of
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on
fcW;ft*ho * accused
'^fy-3-?* Marine re-
jCtal1* »>« mbbon
% ^w for delibcra-
J** "Jib*  court
Sft*. Jarred
iD ,0 exhibits in
the case—maps, photographs and
records.
Law officer Irving Klein, acting
as trial'judge, handed them thc
case with the words:
"The court Is closed."
Then  six  marine  officers  and
one navy officer on the jury retired to deliberate the fate of the
31-year-old drill instructor.
McKEON IMMOBILE
Earlier, defence counsel Emlle
Berman and Maj, Charles Sevier,
the prosecutor, hqd .presented
closing arguments in the case.  .
McKeon, tall and sandy-hairtci,
sat immobile, eyes closed during'
most of the final moments of. the
ifiost controversial court martial
in 180 years of Marine history.
His wife, Betty, sat in.tbe spec.
tators' section, her. eyes fixed almost -constantly on her husband.
Within- two-weeks,  she  expects
their,third child.
McKeon may be dishonourably
1951 uniform code of military justice, under which the U.S. armed
services try their own members.
The findings of the military court
are final, subject to review and
appeal.
,   McKeon may* be dishonourably
f discharged from the corps and im
disintegrated into a shouting melee of frightened boys—17 to 21
years of age—floundering beyond
their depth and fighting .for life.
Six recruits who went under.nevor
came up alive.
prisoned for a maximum of six-
years and three months.
He was accused of manslaughter, oppression of troops end
drinking on duty for leading U
members of Platoon '71 at night
into thc tidal waters ol Ribbon
Creek shortly afler 8 o'clock on «v
Sunday night last spring.
Sonic 20'minutes after the platoon entered the mhddy creek in
reasonably orderly, fashion, it had
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Sometime*? the go-getter seems
to be very sorry that hc got-her..
By TIIE CANADIAN PRESS
The Suez Canal, a .narrow ditch
through the .desert which in its
troubled century of use has often
been a source of international friction, has again become the centre
of world attention.
A week ago Egypt's fiery nationalist premier, Gamal Abdel
Nasser, issued a decree which
would bring the canal under the
control of his government. As this
week drew to a close, a declaration by the Queen in London of a.
state of "great emergency"
pointed up the tension brought
about by his action.
The Queen's declaration came
in a proclamation calling up some
British Army reserves for possible
use in ,the crisis. It followed a
hurriedly summoned London
meeting of the Western Big Three
which decided to call a multi-
country conference to set up international control of the waterway.
The Western foreign ministers
invited 24 countries, including
Egypt and Russia, to work out an
international system of control.
They acknowledged Egypt's right
to nationalize the assets of the
canal c o m-p any," but declared
firmly that seizure of the vital
waterway by Egypt would Involve
"more than a simple act of na-
.tionaliztrtion."
With the Soviet bloc's increasing interest in the explosive Middle East area, the question—to the
Western diplomats — transcended
tlie problem of Egypt's stake in
the canal.itself.   ; *
The West reacted swiftly, to
Nasser's move Britain and
France took military preparations,
including the deployment of naval
forces, John Foster Dulles flew
from Washington, to join.Jiis fellow,
foreign ministers in' London in discussing the. crisis.   -'
Prime Minister-Eden,went Into
the House of Commons on Thursday anil told lhe members of Britain's plans'to meet'the. situation.
The Queen's proclamation, giflng
the war minister sweeping powers
of mobilization in respect to:the
reserve, followed. Us words included: • : "
"The'present state .of public affairs and the extent of .demands
of our military forces for the protection of the interests of the Com- \
monwcalth' and Empire do in our
opinion constitute a case of great
emergency."
TROUBLED HISTORY
The current crisis is by no
means tlie first since French interests first opened lhe waterway.
At one time Egypt, then under
the khedive, owned 44 per cent of
thc stock in the international company which operated it and collected lolls. But in 1875, when that
ruler'fell deep in debt, Britain
bought out his interest and from
then on, with France, controlled
the canal.
Britain "showed the flag" in
1883 when an Egyptian uprising
threatened this control. Troops
were landed and the cana] was
closed to navigation for four days.
As the weekend's developments
were awaited, British and French
forces again were poised for a
tlie sporadic violence which has
characterized thc area for-years
went on.
The UN, however, demonstrate
ils confidence in Burns by pointing
out that his term as truce super
visor already has heert extended.
And in Ottawa, External Affairs
Minister Pearson pointed to the
general's record as sufficient denial of any charge from eithci
side of partiality.
ECHO OF DISASTER
Pearson also had occasion this
week to discuss a Canadian angle
of a "'orld disaster. Wilh last
week's tragedy of the Andrea
Dorjn Stockholm ship collision
still fresh in the. memories of
those affected—and promising to
be a subject of dispute and con-
new show-of strength.
BRITAIN, FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES are closely allied in the dispute over Britain's
right to (hc Suez Canal. Kcprcscntativcs of thc three c-*.:**tries met (Ms week in London bo'
lhc issue, when Britain would use force if necc* sary In the canal crisis. Left to righl;--U.S.
Secretary or Statc John Ft'.cr Dulles, French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau, and British
Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden. '
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