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MANCHE STER GUAMBIAN TAX FREE OFFICE CHAIRS BOOKCASES No. 33,114 TUESDAY DECEMBER 9 1952 Price 3d BLACKFRIARS STREET, MANCHESTER 3 VAlSTUt.lTD., SALFORO 6, LAHCS. OPPOSITION WITHDRAWS CENSURE MOTION Mr Clement Davies Puts in Plea for "Referee" TV TO SHOW CROWNING Royal Route Extended 51 KILLED IN RIOTS AT CASABLANCA Tanks Patrol the City After Anti-French Disturbances EUROPEANS MUTILATED FROM OUR PARLIAMENTARY CORRESPONDENT ARREST OF SEVEN EUROPEANS Demonstration in African Area From our Correspondent Johannesburg, December 8. Mr Patrick Duncan, the son of a former Governor-General of South Africa, and six other Whites, including Miss Freda Troup, the author, and trade unionists and university students, were arrested in a native township at Germisto'n this afternoon in the first organised act of defiance by Europeans against the laws discriminating against the Africans. With this party of Whites was Manilil Gandhi, the son of Mahatma Gandhi, who had travelled from Natal to join the protest.

All these demonstrators were lodged in Germiston Gaol and will be charged under a recent LONDON AGAIN BLACKED OUT Fog may Disappear To-day but From our London Staff Fleet Street, Monday. Tonight London's workers, mocked by the false hopes of a morning of clearing fog. were crowding again with smarting eyes and harsh coughs to the Underground stations. This was the best hope for many the only hope of getting home. By six o'clock all traffic in north-east London was at a standstill.

The London Transport Executive announced that visibility was nil east of Camden Town. Through Harringay and Hornsey, Palmer's Green, and Finchley all services were cancelled. Soon the thick, sour fog bad spread to the south-east -and there was no public surface transport east of New Cross. Deptford, Catford, and all the area east of the Blackwall tunnel right down to Erith in Kent was blacked out. Airport's Four Hoars of Life The bitterness of to-night's acrid darkness is intensified by the flash in the pan of fleeting fine weather earlier to-day.

London Airport was reopened to traffic at noon after a week-end of inactivity. But by four it had to be closed again and passengers were Troops last night enforced a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Casablanca after a day of anti-French rioting. According to official estimates (quoted by Reuters) 51 people were killed 41 rioters, seven Europeans, and three Moroccan policemen. Two of the Europeans, believed to be women, had been hacked to pieces. French spotter planes hovered over the city last night while tanks patrolled the streets and troops guarded all entrances to the European quarter.

Meetings of more than ten people have been banned. As dusk fell over the city temporary calm appeared to have been restored. Reinforcements were sent from other parts of the protectorate during the day as police fought with the rioters. Troops and tanks surrounded the shanty -town where police shot 25 of a crowd of 3,000 rioters who tried to storm a police station in the morning. Ten more rioters were killed and four wounded when 6,000 people tried to break into the town and fought with police and troops for an hour in the afternoon.

Armoured police cars and strong Army contingents surrounded the headquarters of the Communist-dominated C.G.T. trade union where 2,000 Moroccan trade unionists were holding a meeting. Later powerful contingents of troops and police fought their way into the headquarters and the trade unionists in the building threw bricks at the police. Eventually order was restored and the police began an identity investigation. A number of men carrying daggers and other weapons were detained.

Announcing the casualties, an official communique said that three of the European dead "were mutilated in such a fashion that it is impossible to identify them. They were cut to pieces with indescribable savagery." Pierre Kibes, former French District Commissioner, who was stoned to death, was unrecognisable when police found his body. U.N. Discussion on Tunisia Page 71 RIOTS PLANNED IN ADVANCE? Moroccan Reminder to U.N. Assembly From our own Correspondent From our London SUB Fleet Street, Monday.

Two major changes in Coronation plans were announced by the Earl Marshal to-day. New plans for television and an important extension of the processional route have been approved by the Queen after they had been recommended bv the Coronation Joint Committee and accepted by the coronation commission. Botn were first put forward by the press. The Earl Marshal's Dress communiaue to-day announced that the route of the procession to Westminster Abbey will now os From Buckingham Palace bv wav nf the west and north sides of the Victoria Memorial the Mall Admiralty Arch south side of Trafalgar Sauare Northumberland Avenue Victoria Embankment Bridge Street east and soutn sices of Parliament Sauare and Broad Sanctuary to the annexe at the west entrance of Westminster Abbey. Tne return route from the Abbey to Buckingham Palace will remain as announced on Julv 22.

The change is the inclusion of the Iood round Northumberland Avenue and the Embankment and this is made so that some tnousands of children can see the Queen on her way to the Coronation. It is a change-which has been heavily pressed upon the responsible authorities ever since the route was originally out lined. Anointing Excluded The other change, which affects millions of television viewers, is contained in this announcement The Coronation Joint Committee have now recommended and the Coronation Commission have approved the extension of television to parts of the Service east of the screen. "It is therefore hoped to make arrangements for the Recognition, the Crowning, and the Homage to be included. The anointing, the communion prayers, and the administration of the Sacrament, would be excluded The B.B.C.

immediately reacted by saying it was happy to hear of the decision. It had equally quickly reacted to the original announcement that television would not be permitted east of the screen by saying that it was disappointed and that its viewers would be too. No serious technical difficulties stand in the way of the televising of the more intimate and historical parts of the Coronation service. It now appears that the Queen has po objection, and the only barrier to a more complete televising of the Coronation is removed. Amended Programme The Earl Marshal also issued to-day an amended programme of events between May-24 and-July 24 year.

It contains blank spaces for the dates July 25 to August 3 and these will be filled later. The amended programme contains many items which have already been announced but there are some changes in dates. It provides for royal drives in the afternoon as follows Wednesday, June 3: East London. Jane 4 North London. June 8 South London.

June 9 West London. Other engagements not previously In the official list include Wednesday, May 27: The Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh, will attend a luncheon given by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Westminster HalL June 9 Dinner party by Prime Minister to Commonwealth Ministers. July 4 The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, will inaugurate the planting of a grove of oak trees in Windsor Park in commemoration of the Coronation. July 7: The Queen, with the Duke of Edinburgh, will be present at a ball at Hurlingham. to be given jointly by the Royal Empire Society, the Victoria League, and the Overseas League.

July 14: The Queen, with the Duke of Continued on pajjc 12. proclamation banning the holding of meetings of more than ten persons in native townsmps. Mr Duncan addressed a crowd of several hundreds of Africans in both Sesutu, in' which he is fluent, and English, urging that the Africans should proceed with their defiance campaign on a basis of non-violence. This gesture by Mr Duncan and his associates is received with mixed feelings among the Whites. The English newspapers this evening condemn the move as a futile gesture likely to delude the Africans into pursuing a course of action calculated to bring suffering to themselves and retard the forces working to relieve inter-racial tensions.

On the other hand there is no doubt that a great many whites unofficially sympathise with the natives in their defiance campaign. So far not a single African taking part in the campaign has been dismissed or otherwise penalised by his employer. Strengthening Moderates The demonstration bv Mr Duncan occurs at a significant moment in the defiance campaign. There have been strong indications in recent weeks of a radical trend in the movement away from the oolicy of non-violence and racial co-operation towards more direct action through strikes and similar dis turbances. The present moderate leadership of the defiance movement was believed to be in danger of being swept aside by new and more extreme leaders at a congress planned for the end or uecember.

A resoite to the moderate leaders has. however, been unwittingly given by the Government with its proclamation forbidding meetings of more than ten Africans. This has forced the defiance leaders to cancel the forthcoming' con gress and to decentralise all activity on the cell system. It becomes difficult in such circumstances change the leadership. To-day's demonstration will further strengthen the moderate elements in the defiance movement who have been advocating non-violence and racial co operation in the of getting some.

response from the whites. GIRL STABBED IN STREET Stiletto Type of Knife Wendy Hanchett. aged 15. was stabbed in the back while walking in Crossbrook Street, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, in thick fog last night, and in a house near by a stilleto type of knife was taken from her back. She was then taken to Chase Farm Hospital, Enfield, and detained.

She was near Theobalds Lane when she was stabbed apparently by a man who had been walking behind her. She was found by a passer-by who took her intq tne house. Police were informed, but owing to the fog could, only reach tne scene on cycles. An amouiance took her to the hospital but it had to travel at walking oace. A Doliceman walked in front throughout the four-and-a-half mile TOUpnev.

whirh tnn nhnnf torn viours. The girl did not lose conscious ness, and last night was stated to he quite comfortable and in no danger. Westminster, Monday, After over three hours' debate to-day the Opposition withdrew its motion of censure on the Chairman of Ways and Means, Sir Charles MacAndrew. Though the motion was withdrawn, Mr Chuter Ede and Mr Wheatley, the former Lord Advocate, both made speeches justifying it. Mr Wheatley.

who played a prominent part in the controversy in the early hours of last Wednesday morning, did rather more thoroughly than Mr Chuter Ede, though Mr Wheatley announced himself to' be a personal friend of Sir Charles MacAndrew. He took the position that Sir Charles's conduct last Wednesday was' open to criticism not in respect of any isolated incident but because of a whole series of rulings he gave. It was Mr Wheatley, however, who formally withdrew ttie motion at the end of the debate. The attitude of the Opposition was that in putting down the motion it was discharging a rather repugnant duty in order to ensure that the rights of minorities are not overridden, and with mis went professions of esteem for SL- Charles personally. There were no half-measures about the terms of the motion of censure.

It declared that the House had no confidence in the impartiality and competence of the Chairman of Ways and Means. The Opposition's confidence in him, the motion explained, had been destroyed by his conduct in the chair during the committee stage on the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill and his handling of the goose episode. Mr Paget Regrets One or two Labour members Mr Paget was one regretted that the motion had been put down. Mr Paget shared with one or two others on the Labour benches the view that the blame was being laid on Sir Charles MacAndrew's shoulders whereas the real culprits were Ministers, and especially the Leader of the House and the Chief Whip, for the way in which trrey were ordering the business of the House. Mr Ede tried with a considerable measure of success to ride two horses, He strove hard to avoid setting the heather aliaht again while at the same time trying to give the impression that the Opposition felt very deeply that Sir Charles's conduct in the chair last Wednesday was censurable.

He save the House a meticulous description of the events of Wednesday ny way oi justifying nis complaint that the Chairman of Ways and Means had wrongfully accented the closure on the schedule of the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill and that he had differentiated unfavourably, against Mr Morrison by giving way to xne rrime minister wnen the latter was on his feet while refusing to ao so wnen ne naa risen to tne box. Differentiation between a leader on one side of the House and a leader on the other could not be tolerated in a democratic Assembly, said Mr Ede. It was one of the strongest things he said in implied criticism of the Chairman of Ways and Means. He employed the argument used by Mr Bevan on Thurs day that the way the Government is conducting its business in the present state of parties puts the Chair in great difficulties and imposes an intolerable restriction on free discussion. U.S.

STAND ON PERSIAN OIL Policy Unchanged Mr Eden From our diplomatic Correspondent London, Monday. The State Department's week-end statement on the possible purchase of Persian oil by American firms was the subject of several questions in the Commons this afternoon which revealed an anxiety that the statement indicated a change of United States policy that might bring this country into conflict with the Americans. Mr Morrison noted that the American Government had earlier advised its nationals not to buy Persian oil, and said it seemed to him that the week-end statement now advised them that they were perfectly free to do so. Mr Eden did not agree that the statement indicated any change of policy. He thought there had been considerable pressure on the United States Govern ment by some of the smaller American oil companies and that Washington had felt it necessary to make known its legal position.

Mr Eden said more than once that the late Labour Government con tinued to regard the products of the oilfields of Southern Persia as the property of the Anglo-Iranian Company and that the Government had obligations to the company, which it- will seek by all legal means to fulfil." Mr Eden flatly denied reports that the British Government was in negotiation with the United States over the transfer of the rights and interests of the AJ.O.C. to a group of United States companies. TQuestions in Parliament Page Two being taken bv tram to Hum Airport, near Bournemouth, from where eleven services were due to leave to-night. In Central London at midday the sun was showing it could not be called shining, for it hung sulkily in a dirty sky with no more radiance than an unlit Chinese lantern. But very soon the mist gathered over the river, hiding the masts of the ships and rolling over the barges, tied together in midstream since shipping was halted on Saturday.

By four o'clock it was impossible to see across the Thames. Lamp-posts have become invisible and their thin lights, faintly visible from immediately beneath, seem to be hanging unsupported in the air. The city police have put on their white coats again tor the hazard of Doint duty in the dark. The smash and grab men are harvesting fast The fog has made it impossiDie for the information room at Scotland Yard to direct area wireless cars to 999 calls and police are having to use pedal cycles Trains Two Honrs Late British Railways Eastern Region reported heavy delays on their main-line services. Some trains from King's Cross to Scotland were two hours late.

Many long-distance trains have had to be cancelled to avoid congestion on the lines. Fog services were being run to-night from King's Cross, Liverpool Street, and Fenchurch Street to the suburbs. The motoring organisations have had manv calls from stranded motorists and queries from cautious drivers. There will prooaDiy oe more aDanaonea cars to-nieht than there were last night for many motorists set out hopefully in the brightness after breakfast this morning. Most traffic in the worst areas is moving slowly hi convoy guwed by A fire engine led a line of traffic towards the city led by two firemen swinging hurricane lamps.

But this is a freak fog. It has a hard edge to it in the West End. Motoring along fleet street ana tne atrana is a black nightmare at walking pace in Leicester Square the neon lights of the cinemas and theatres glow in a tmnmng fog. But suddenly, as when one switches on the light in a dark room, at Piccadilly Circus there is brightness and pure, clear air. One can switch off the fog lamps and for the first time slip into top gear and drive down Regent Street or Oxford Street, past the gav Christmas windows of the big stores, and feel that it was all a bad dream except for the soot on the windscreen and the soreness of coughing.

But while the buses were going at normal sneed down Portland Place and Tottenham Court Road down Bethnal Green Road a convoy of buses was being led by two conductors with flares that looked like Olympic torcnes. Ana one lost and lonely bus followed a clippie who had wrapped herself in newspaper wedged under the straps of her money bag to make herself a fraction more visible to the benighted driver. 1 Only the men who sell torches are happy. There has not been such a time since the first night -of the blackout. Five shillings was the price in Fleet Street for a tinny looking torch five inches long and with a face an inch across.

Engine Derailed The Air Ministry says to-night that the fog is expected to be blown away to-morrow by freshening winds. But London is sceptical. The people queueing at the overworked Underground stations the bus drivers crawling blindfold to their garages, the policemen chasing the burglars, the doctors and midwives struggling at walking pace to their patients are not easily comforted not twice running. There were two train collisions in the fog to-night but no serious casualties. A train from King's Cross to Hertford collided with an empty train near Gordon Hill station, just outside Enfield.

The engine of the Hertford train was derailed, the first coach became slewed across the track, and carriage doors were ripped off but no one was injured. Several passengers had slight injuries when two crowded Southern Region electric trains collided between London Bridge and New Cross. The 5 18 p.m. London Bridge-Tattenham Comer train had been stopped by a signal when the 5 22 p.m. London Bridge-Epsom Downs train, creeping along with visibility at zero, collided with the rear of the stationary train The damage was not extensive and both were able to continue to their destinations.

In these circumstances Mr Ede has sot much hone. anoarently. of the House getting away from the atmosphere that nas made life in the House durine the past few months intolerable," and therefore he urged that it was all the more important that the Chair should live up to its duties and inspire dn the Opposition confidence that its rights will be protected. Mr Ede commands much respect among the Tories and he had a reasonably good hearing from them, hut Mr Churchill (who was in the House for the early part of the debate) took exception to an inference Mr Ede drew from some hand-waving that the Prime Minister indulged in on Wednesday. Mr Ede held that Mr ChurcMii waving the Chairman down and that the Chairman had obeyed him, but Mr Churchill denied that his hand-waving had any such intent, which would have oeen aisoraerjy.

rne waving of his hand was provoked by the gross and shameless and disorderly act of booing." The three adjectives Mr Churchill fired at the Opposition with the explosive, power of his Opposition days The Best Speech The best speech of the debate came from Mr Clement Davies. Some will think it was the most sensible, too. His mam argument was that nothing could justify such a motion of ensure as this except some extraordinary departure from impartiality by the Chair. Otherwise, he said, the difficulties and responsibilities of the Chair would become unbearable. He not only submitted that there had been no such extraordinary lapse from impartiality but he largely exculpated, Sir Charles from the two accusations mentioned in the motion.

He held that under the standing orders it was entirely within the discretion of the Chair whether he accepted the closure, jar not and the House, having given him that discretion, could not auarrel with his nf it unless he was guilty of a glaring act ui paruaiixy. as ior tne dirterentiation against Mr Morrison. Mr rtomont Davies contended that both Mr Churchill and Mr Morrison had been out of order in remaining on their feet when the Chairman was also on his. "One never UKes tne side that makes charges against the referee." That was a daring leiuaiK iu come irom rne jLiioerai leader. mere have been, occasions when it wouia nave been visited with great Labour wrath.

To-day the OoDosition took it mittv The Tories, on the other faand, cheered loudly. Mr Davies thinks the mood of the House has not been so bad for forty years and he suggested that, either through a committee or in some other way. steps should be taken to decide how the business of the House could best be conducted. Mr Wheatley, hearing the Tory Chief Whip interject during his speech that the Opposition would get the closure again (surely an unwise remark), told him sharply that the Labour party would not oe Duiuea or Duuaozea. Nevertheless, in some thine of the same snirit Mr Clement Davies, he did say that if the Chief Whip and the Government would treat the Opposition decently they would not find it unreceptive.

The debate may have its uses if it purges the ill humours of recent weeks and puts the relations between the Whips of the two parties on a better footing. This It may well do. Report on page 2 POST FOR ADMIRAL MOUNTBATTEN Under General Ridgway Paris, December 8. An Anglo-American agreement is reported to have been reached on the disputed command of the Mediter- ranean. Under a plan to be put before tne iN.A.i.u.

jnieis oi staff to-morrow tne critisn commander-in-Chief, Medi terranean, at present Admiral Lord iviount batten, will be subordinate to General Ridgway, the N.A.T.O. Supreme ujmmanner in jsurope. As a subordinate commander of S.H.A.P.E. (Supreme Headquarters vuiea fowers in Europe) Lord Mount batten will command Allied naval forces allotted to him to ensure the safe convoy of suDDlies through the Mediterranean in time of war. Admiral Kooert Carney.

United States Navy, Comman-Ier-in-Chief of S.H.A.P.E.'s southern flank, will command the naval forces supporting a land battle in Southern Europe. These are expected to include most of the American Sixth Fleet. Britain originallv soueht to anmint the British Commander-in-Chief, Medi terranean, as supreme Allied Naval Commander in the Mediterranean. ranking equally with General Ridgway and Admiral McCormick, the American Supreme Allied Commander in the Atlantic. American agreement to the proposed appointment for Admiral Mountbatten is regarded by British experts as a concession to the British view of war-time naval operations.

Reuter and British United Press. REFINERY BLAZE Containers Explode: 100-Foot Flames Over a hundred firemen were involved until after midnight in fighting a fire at an oil refinery at Renfrew, on the Clyde, late last night. There were flames iuu leet nigh and explosions were heard several miles awav as the fire burst crude oil containers and hundreds of barrels of refined oiL The refinery, belonging to Messrs J. O. Buchanan, lies in an isolated piece of ground about two hundred yards from the river-front.

'Within fifteen minutes of the start of the fire" one side of the three-storeyed corrugated-iron refinery had collapsed, afterwards the entire bunding crashed down. Great clouds of black smoke hung over Renfrew and the river. It is estimated that more than 200,000 gallons of oil were destroyed in the fire. ROYAL FAMILY RETURNS FROM KENT The Queen, accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles, and Princess Anne, returned to Buckingham Palace yesterday from their week-end in Kent, where they were staying with Lord and Lady. Braboume at New House, Mersham, near Ashford.

Paris, December 8. For the first time in modern North African history events in one of the two Protectorates seem to have touched off a riot in the other. While Tunisia remains calm though tense after the murder of Ferhat Hached, the trade union leader, Casablanca, a thousand miles away on the Atlantic coast, has been the scene of bloody rioting. Accounts differ as to the number of casualties in the rioting but French people have been seized by demonstrators and knifed to death in the streets. Some were decapitated.

The riots began in the densely populated slum behind the railway station where the crowd adopted a threatening attitude towards the scattered Europeans who live in the area and attacked some on Sunday night. Crowds then attacked a police station but withdrew after shots had been fired in the air. The police made a number of arrests during the night and organised safety points in the area to which Europeans could withdraw. This morning events were grimmer. Another attack was made on the same police station.

This was only repelled after Moroccan soldiers had opened fire killing twenty-one rioters. Demonstrations were resumed in the afternoon in spite of a police order forbidding public gatherings. About 6,000 people marched through the street waving the flags of Morocco and of the Istiqlal (Independence) party. A clash with the police was The marchers were ordered to disperse but refused to do so. Fire was once more opened and about ten demonstrators were killed.

The number of wounded demonstrators on these two occasions is naturally unknown. No Union Rights The troubles arose in connection with a strike called in protest against the muraer oi ernat iacned outside Tunis. The trade union situation in Morocco is quite different from that in Tunisia, for in theory Moroccans have no trade union rights. In fact, the French authorities have long tolerated their joining the Communist-led C.G.T., which in theory exists only for Eiirooean workers. So far has this gone that woroccans nora nign otnce in tne u.ux Why the French authorities Drefer this situation to the authorisation of local trade unions is obscure.

They seem to oopose above all the formation of purely Moslem trade unions and, perhaps, find a convenience in the fact that such trade unions as ao exist morocco are slightly irregular from the legal point of view. The Socialist-led and Catholic-led trade unions do not accept Moroccan members. At all events on this occasion the strike in Casablanca seems to have been widely effective in the port, the factories, and the building trade. There was a strong and threatening picket system to-day. Three White Harvest Moroccans holding high positions in the C.G.T.

have been arrested, charged with calling for vengeance for Ferhat Hached. A strike called in Rabat and Fez does not seem to have been successful outside the Old Arab quarters where shops were closed. In both these towns, however, industry is mainly of the artisan type, whereas Casablanca is a quite different sort of town with 600,000 inhabitants instead of the 20,000 of forty years ago, a European population of 160.000, skyscrapers, a huge modern port, and big factories. It obviously has all the material for an explosive situation if anyone wishes to create it General Guillaume, the Resident-General. opened the session of- the Moroccan sectidri of the Council of Government (Europeans and Moroccans sit separately for most of their business" with the following declaration The calm of this country has been disturbed by outrages.

1 condemn violence whatever its origin. France has the duty of maintaining order in Morocco. Those responsible for disorders and troubles will be prosecuted." Gaining U.S. Attention Although the murder of Ferhat Hached has provided an occasion for the riots in Casablanca, and has certainly charged them with much of their emotion, it is more than likely that they had been prepared in advance in connection with the debates in the United Nations Assembly. The France Soir draws attention to a passage which, it states, was printed recently in the Moroccan Arabic-language newspaper Al Alam "If the situation in North Africa remains calm the military experts will continue to support the French colonial thesis.

This truth has long ago been overlooked by our friends in Tunis, Algiers, Rabat, and Casablanca. The American Department of State only concerned itself with Tunisia after it had realised the difficulty the troubles there could cause to American air bases in that country." The following semi-official statement has been circulated by the French news agency. a.js.: "French diplomatic circles state that they feared that serious incidents would uccur in asaDianca since it was Known that such incidents were neeessarv to thnso who inspire or encourage anti-French agitation in North Africa. In the same circles it is added that it is high time that an inose wno nave supported the intervention by the United Nations in the affairs of Morocco and Tunisia reflected on the serious consequences of the resultant agitation. A limited Council of Ministers was held this evening at the Elysee Palace with President Aurioi in the chair to discuss lumsian and Moroccan affairs.

NINE RIOTERS ARRESTED IN ALGIERS Algiers. December 8. One policeman was injured and nine rioters arrested when police clashed to-day with Nationalists distributing leaflets. Reuter. Correspondent insisted on the Tunis hospital The lorry driver was about to turn round and drive him there when another car, going towards Tunis, drove up.

The wounded man called out Stop 1 StOT nnrl ont nut nf Vo Ini r. fl.n tlus more convenient lift. He was almost certainly M. Ferhat Hached and thP ririVrv. nf Iho "li- mim tainly his murderers.

The interesting point is that M. Serra's story has appeared in me urencn Tunisian press with the following small addition. The wounded man is reported to have said Stop! Stop! These are my friends, go more quickly with M. Serra has declared to the correspondent of the Monde that this addition is a complete fabrication. The purpose of it is quite evidently to suggest that the men in the car were Tunisians and that M.

Ferhat Hached was therefore murdered Jby his own countrymen. M. Serra did not think more about the matter until half an hour later he drove back and saw men standing round the car still in the ditch. He then noted for the first time that ft was riddled with bullet holes. It should be added that according to the post-mortem examination M.

Ferhat Hached received his death by a shot in the temple fired very dose. TWO DEATH SENTENCES Toms, December 8. A military tribunal to-day sentenced two Tunisians to death-for being the ringleaders in a terrorist attack on two cars. British United Press. THREE EXECUTIONS IN TUNISIA LONGER CORONATION PROCESSJON In many countries salt is still made by the simple process of running sea-water into large shallow ponds and allowing it to evaporate in the heat of the son.

The rate at which sea-water evaporates depends mainly on the amount of sunlight which it absorbs, but in normal circumstances much of the sun's heat is lost by reflection from the surface and bottom of the pond. It has been found, however) that if certain dyestuffs are added to the water more sunlight is absorbed and the rate of evaporation can be increased without affecting the colour of the salt. An enquiry from a customer using a dyestuff for this purpose led I.CX to carry out a large number of tests, which ultimately resulted in the marketing of Solivap Green a dye outstanding in both light-fastness and the power to- absorb radiation, and thus the most satisfactory for; speeding up evaporation. Practical trials at the Osborne saltworks of LCI. Australia and New Zealand Ltd.

showed that the use of Solivap Green in the final evaporation ponds increased From our own Paris, December 8. Tunis was grimly quiet to-day awaiting news pf the police inquiry into the murder of Ferhat Hached. The one important event of the day seems to have been the execution of three Tunisians condemned to death in June for murder and attempted murder. It is stated that these are the first of the Tunisians condemned to death for acts of terrorism since the trouble started a year ago who have been executed. The decision to shoot them is evidently intended as a warning.

Meanwhile Tunis is busy discussing every scrap of information available about the death of Ferhat Hached. How the slightest detail may be twisted to suit a given thesis is instanced by a version, widely circulated, of the statement made by the man who was evidently the last to talk to Ferhat Hached before he fell into the hands of his murderers. A lorry driver, M. Chas Serra, who was talcing some out of Tunis on Friday morning, was surprised to see a car zigzag on- the road in front of him and land in the ditch. A man got out holding his side.

He said he was wounded and asked to be' taken to a hospital In Tunis. The lorry driver could see no blood and supposed that the man had injured himself against the steering wheeL He offered to take him to a neighbouring doctor but the man Oictttnr maun zrSwP3 pi y0 the yield of salt by 20 and correspondingly decreased production costs. To-day, Solivap Green is helping to increase salt production in countries as far afield as Africa, Australia, Brazil and The map shows the extended route of the Coronation procession to Westminster" Abbey, as described in column 7..