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THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN FRIDAY AUGUST 15 1958 uri TRIAL SCENES FROM JORDAN A piece of the revolution under the microscope FROM JAMES MORRIS but unlike REPORT ON DRAFT CONSTITUTION From our Correspondent new French, draft completed -its1 work, and- submitted its -'report, to-day' Government. It hasVfejvfitten 'twenty rarticlesvo. the' GoyernmenVs brigindraft, but in- ma'WeV-the'propdtera-i. tiqns do 'not' affect the The most' contxoversial, change been the committee's recommendation. parliamentarians offered' Minis-.

postsshould be 'allowed, go- "on leave" from their.parUamentary- duties whUe they are. MMsters. The: iMiraviwd thnfcs Ministers and The proceedings were slow Amman, August 14, A rownli.Hnii i an juKnmp thins aeiiDerate, conauctea. xnrpugn iuui A revolution is an awesome tiling microphones tape-recorded, almost deliberate, conducted through four ana we 01 as oiten as iiul, as tnougn it were only a renearsai before the a last run-tnrougn grand abstractions. We talk 1 1 UCllUllUOiiLC spaciously, like astronomers, ot tne go they 'sat there, the accusers, the turmoil that is now sweeping across and the judges and all thp'AraV.

world and onlv occasion- around them jostled the audience, tne Arab world ana only occasion- inuneine or half-heartedlv enioy- ally. in sharp passing moments of ing themselves. There were troops of do we' collate the soldiers, apparently off-duty, sitting in -the courtroom or crowding about the gieat uiJLi.icii ucaigii wim mc tuui. open door. little human conscience, struggling There was a handful of eager atten- there beneath the manifestos.

One tive civilians. Policemen sat stoutly should. have resign frojnaParliament; if they 'were members. -The. commit-, Ws" -amendment chance such flash of illumination occurred in their spiked helmets, vacant but willine.

like country coppers on i tj a- 1 nz bipvcles in rire-war English comedies 01 being accepwn oy.ue yyciw- 9 hm oUfe M7 6 A few pressmen doodled on their pads on a niu outside Amman. ht atmosphere piece the system should' be The mess was white with table- on it, old boy, but you can't call it submitted to. a'secona reierenaum, j. ciotns; as inougn mncn were aoout xo hard news, except lor the girl angle be served, and the silver baubles of a nniinwnmm with bobbed blacl the Constitution aw- stipulate precisely what Athis; system will, is approved. On' other is thought "to' be.

some. the regimental collection gleamed hair, gold earrings, and a forage cap. j.rum men gaaas tnuiucib jiauuiujiiej sat incongruously among ail xne men hoi- fapo hpavilv nowdered. as though she had escaped that- morning from the seraglio. There was a sense of muted and unhilarious recreation to chance that uovermneai umsu accept the cdmmittee's thati a favourable'vote of Constitutional- Court should be required ore, the Head of State can assume -emergency- The neon lighting was bright in spite of the.

sunshine. There pictures of armoured cars on the walls. A faint and tangy. fragrance emanated from the dwarf pines outside the window. The trial.

taking place of five the scene, sucn as you nugni experi ence, in a suouroan cinema aunus powers in a grave crisis. Thp' nnhinet toaav; studied arranges ra Jordanians accused of conspiracy and, lairiy dreary second feature. men ts for the, referendum 'In Algeria.i-V The Army.is to be-resppnsioie, lorxoe, protection of me yuaacaaiuu aiiu illegal uac ut. explosives, the. penalty demanded being death and here, as in some fierce silhouette, you could see the images of revolution clear and cruel.

Terrible emotions In fact, though, this little courtroom was alive, with terrible -emotions, with fears and loyalties and defiances, and all the conflicts of human. judgment fhcx hnsis of revolutions. The lation' from.terrorist reprisals, the transportation' tne large, towns lor uiill ht A harshly used man but in the, countryside it wfilibe spreads over several days. OVERSIGHT BY MCK.S SCIENTISTS, BRITISH MISSILE DETECTOR Formosa invasion warning GUNBOATS' ATTEMPT BEATEN jOFF Range up to 1,000 miles Stud of possible nuclear surrender angers President i a President Eisenhower it ridiculous that" thetrUnited Defence Department is under what States might surrender in an atewnic Sydney, August 14. Taipeh (Formosa), August 14.

any weak point in the Formofean The official Chinese Nationalist ILwmt establishment of four On one side of the court sat the touching young lovers were facing accused. There were two placid, death and had (if the charges against shabbily dressed Jordanians in khuf- them are true) been perfectly pre-fiyas, sitting silent, an composed, vsiegi to blow any number of strangers though they were in church. There 0 ODlivion to further the cause of was a fattish, puffy-faced man with a nationalism. Sweet was their obvious towel over his head, clearly so harshly and pretty the girl's dress, used by his interrogators that he was and aeiicate. her crucifix but they near death already great blue weals were living ciose to savage things.

scarred his-. hands, his movements nervous young prosecutor, were agonisingly slow, suffering stared flddling with his tie and smiling from his watery eyes, and sometimes ingratiatingly at the brigadier, was with a gesture of despair he heeled alleged confessions over and laid his head on his obt'ahTed bJ. methods of remorseless neighbour's lap. violence perhaps he was only tUink- And at the end of tha.row sat a paw le 'hU promotion, poor chap, but of lovers, he tall and bearded, she slim across the room he could and wide-eyed, the very. epitome of the great blue weals still, as that revolutionary and Byronie romance rfprted prisoner painfully moved an The young man -was cheerful and arm to puU the towel closer around smiling, in a blue open-necked shirt: the girl was pale but proud, her great nls neaa-black eyes anxious and unsettled, in anxious people crucifix round her neck.

fully over the hearing knewthat he These people were charged with might well be writing his own death smuggling explosives into Jordan and sentence too the forces he was setting off explosions in the office of judging are much more powerful, the Jordan Development Board and much more irresistible than the the British Council, two places where strength of his own authority, and if anybody. Arab or foreign, monarchist ever at last the revolution reaches or reformer, might well have been Amman itself he will dotibttess suffer un.j Mf nunc en if is the- Twmalties of loyalty. They were Britain has developed secret device which can detect the' launching of a ballistic missile up to 1.00CT miles away, according to the British Minister of Surmlv Mr Aubrev Jones. He' told Central News Agency said to-day new air bases along the coast facing that three Chinese' Communist gun- Formosa was aimed wmnrng air boats had made an apparent attempt inUing or reporters to-day that Britain had made nw.wi Formosa itseii, ana. me unenism i had been driven off by bases at Luzon and Okinawa were greater progress tnan any otner country in research into the detection CEYLON KILLINGS 3PUT AT' 1,500 Inquiry demanded Colombo, August 14.

Calling for an impartial international commission to investigate the- recent "language riots" in Ceylon, Mr C. Suntheralingam, the only representative of the Tamil Resistance, front, said in Parliament to-day that estimates placed the number killed in the Tamil-Sinhalese riots at somewhere near 1,580, whereas the official death roll was 158. Criticising the Goverhment's figures Mr Suntheralingam alleged that the medical officer at Polonnaruwa, in North Central Province, had on one day during the riots conducted postmortem examinations on 113 bodies. The Prime Minister, Mr Solomon Bandaranaike, replied that his officials had informed him that the number of deaths in the Polonnaruwa area was nineteen but if anyone said that the artillery. A Formosa Government now within striking distance of the 'of missiles.

Mr Joner. who reached here by air after, diiv nssions Canberra with Australian Government leaders, said the device would not provide adetence "against ballistic missiles. Afspeciflc weapon had -yet to be developed to counter ballistic missiles, and work-in war, White- He has demanded 'explanation- from.officials. ADefenceDepart-, such anstudy has been' Mr James-Hageriythe' oh reports' that the president had become Defence Department a -study. Three Republican senators-' brought? subject up-Jafa; White House- meeting' on The, President said it was news 5 One unnamed 'senator Iwassjqupted to-day as saying "I've" never "seen the-, -President so ai; He-, 'turned everything' 'upside' "down'-' 'ini'the Pentaedn setting bottom Communists.

The Minister aaaea xnai Quemoy and Matsu, controlling the strait and guarding the Pescadores and Formosa, must be held at any cost. An earlier Nationalist communique said two Communist jet fighters were shot down and one gunboat sunk' in a battle south of Matsu to-day. On the flight back to Formosa one of the Nationalist Sabre jets' developed mechanical troubles and was forced down in the sea. The pilot was missing. The communique said that a this direction was being carried out Kivantung sjSSjyfo fi5 England.

alleged, the girl'who carefully placed all anxious people, 'every one, judges the charges and prisoners and prosecutors and the charges. aler1. and all, caught cruelly in the Thft indexes -whirlnool of change. Britain had made great progress ih developing photo-cell devices which could detect infra-red. radiation waves of heat at considerable distances.

He went on "These devices are so sensitive "hey can detect.immediately on launching a' ballistic missile from a' range of more than 9 ffKmsatw? miles. And- what is On the-other side of onlrs Nationalist navy detachment spokesman had said earlier that the1 picking up a MIG pilot when, it was mterceDted b.v seven Communist gun more these devices', cannolbe ianunedj offshore islands were in 'immediate danger of invasion. J.said jSecretary.5 boats. One the gunboats was sunk A Chinese- Communist communique figures were he would be happy to have correct figures, and, if necessary, to make an investigation. Answering further questions, the Prime Minister said he did not think the time had come for lifting the emergency, regulations.

Renter. The warning 01 invasion was given claimed' that two Formosan fighters b7 were shot' down in the air battle, toy radio. I would De-very surpriseq, indeed if any other, country- had- made-this progress in" this field." Mr-Jones is due to fly New Zealand y-ih -Departafent-rrf officials assurettfr-: the -or pjanifor surrender. and1 the studies' only.theofeticaLTrReuter.t'- H-'-i i -en said, took place -over the munists had moved 60 per cent of -trvipn matt -Timtpr shuffling itsTpapers portentously. The bog of apathy which the.

human wSXSasito double-breasted consc ienc e. PercepUve or misguided quits' at one table. The prosecutor, a ntU, a geared and ineffectual subaltern, sat at the middle of. great emotions a another Two rather" pudgy majors tortured man on one sida pair of formed the ancillaries of the bench. star-crossed lovers on another, and The president, was a red- you could' almost hear its unspoken and heribboned, of fine com- communal plea, above the mahding presence and assurance his pronouncements of the president.

faceS large and craggy, like a face "Pass my work basket, will you from the desert, and his voice was dear, and I'll get on with my knitting very loud-and rather rasping, and he while you men have a good old talk, glared at the court from deep-set eyes What I always say, you can't change above a clipped and bristly moustache, human nature, can you their 2,750 planes to bases along the 750-mile south-eastern coast, and had! massed forces there ready to attack Hussein crushes another plot against him THREE BELIEVED DEAD IN ILANE CRASH Honestly, Daddy, they'd be miserable staying here in the winter Exploded suddenly they're used to proper heating Fierce chess encounters at Portoroz From a Special Correspondent August 14. -A single-engine British sports aircraft; with three; people aboard, crashed in the sea near here to-day. No survivors have been found. The aircraft was marked G-AKYD. A coastguard launch which went to Amman, August 14.

King Hussein of Jordan is reported to have smashed a new plot against his throne. At least 'one senior officer is said to have been arrested and about fifteen other officers placed in custody. All the alleged plotters, say the reports circulating here, belonged to an infantry brigade stationed along the Israeli border which King Hussein visited six days 'ago as part of a general tour of Army units. The plotters were placed under arrest during King Hussein's visit, and one unconfirmed report said that he had personally arrested the chief plotter. It is the second major plot uncovered in recent weeks.

the rescue reported that the aircraft had exoloded suddenly. The pilot's wallet was found in the drifting debris. He was stated to be a Dutchman, Mr J. Kipke, who was born Budapest. Keuter.

Russian who is certain to, qualify is Petrosian, whose sound play has many admireTs here. Many are surprised by Averbakh, who is generally 'considered the least powerful of the Russian Bronstein lacks former spark and somehow seems tired. Of the others. Olafsson and Gligoric have shown the best form and then Larsen. Fanno has no killing punch.

Matanovic, who came straight from the Army and without practice, is coming' into form. The best outsider without any doubt is Benko. As for the youngest player, the Portoroz (Yugoslavia), August 14. Six rounds have been played at the inter-zonal chess tournament at Portoroz where 21 players from twelve countries are trying to qualify for the next candidates' tournament, the winner of which will be the challenger of the world chess champion Botvinnik. The" struggle up to now has been very fierce! In the fifth round seven games were won and lost, and when MOSCOW INVITES WESTERN There is no official confirmation of ARCHITECTS' DESIGNS I Moscow.

August. 14. the new plot, but security precautions in, Amman have been noticeably increased in recent days. To-day, armed troops, with truncheons and The Soviet Government will invite leading Western architects to compete with I Russian "and European architects for the planning of a model housing estate in Moscow, according much advertised American Bobby the remaining three (Which were Ficr.hr. his chess so far has heen dis- shields, were seen in the town.

Unconfirmed reports said that Army reinforcements had also moved up to the outskirts of the city. British United Press. to the Soviet news agency Tass to-day. Reuter. adjourned) are, -concluded it might appointing.

Although he has played easily happen that the, whole round the weakest opposition if one is per- will pass without a single draw, mitted to talk about "weakness" at Nothing of this kind has ever this tournament he has scored only happened in mo'dern tunes at a one win and that from a.lost position tournament of this class. against who. pressed by time, Probably nothing contributed more made a terrible blunder. jlJEZ SiU CAMPAIGN SETTLING UP FOR Points of Franco-Egyptian agreement From our own Correspondent OrENEVA, August 14, concluded providing for an According to a Franco-Egyptian exchange of goods worth (E)2 to, this fierceness than the ruling that The positions so far are for the candidate tournament, and (u.s.s.R.. 4J.

Averbakh (U.S.S.R.) 4 among them only two Russians of the and adjourned, Larsen (Denmark) four playing here, no matter how high Tal (U.S.S.R.) 4, Matanovic (Yugoslavia) all four -might finish at this tourna- and Sanguinetti (Argentine) 3J, Benko ment. Thus, four Russian grand- (stateless). Bronstein (U.S.SJL), Gligoric masters playing here have to fight (Yugoslavia), and Panno (Argentine) everybody on the top of that each Jfc otner. gjjd adjourned. Cardoso (Philippines) anfforc 2- Packman (Czechoslovakia) li and 2 yuailiy SUners adjourned.

Neikireh (Bulgaria) and The quality of chess suffers, per- Rossetto (Argentine) li, Sberwin haps, to some degree, for some of the (United States) 1" and 1 adjourned, contenders are prepared to gamble ge Gmff (Colombia) and 1 adjourned, with the chess dock and the devil for; duster (Canada) communique issued here to-day a millions. i. However, the subject which proved fc to be most difficult was, on one wj hand, the French claim lor ties concerning oroDertv liauidated The talks have been going on here seauestrated. -or Eevntianised -'-1 vm intermittently for almost a year, during and after Suez campaign, and. on the other, the Egyptian During the earlier stages a barter deal claim for "war damage." It is not clear whether this stumbling block has in fact been entirely removed or AT HOME In a four bedroom houso a 'Pottertoa' 70 Oil-fired BoUer or 68 wnetner tne term in xne communique.

SOVIET 'PHILISTINES' ATTACKED Praise of tilings foreign a certain number of agreements, does not just by-nass it. According to French reports the seven main agreed points are 1. Release of the seauestrated French 1 By Victor Zorza Gas-Bred Boiler will provide central heating throughout anil hot waterThere Is' a ruse oC 'Potterton' Boilers, oil-fired and eras-fired, designed to meet the needs, of any points-Hjut the excitement 1 here makes, up -for Here is an example Fuster and Averbakh in their fourthrround encounter, spent all their time on 25 moves. Then with only one minute and Averbakh only two minutes for the remaining fifteen moves managed to play 31 moves-in a single minute I- and not to overstep the time 1 The pieces were flying to all sides and nobody knew what was happening at -their board. The audience could see only a desperate effort by the chief arbiter to push back the other players who immediately rushed to that, table to eniov this duel.

Even.the youthful property and the paroient of indemnities for liquidated or Egymtianised French 'look American attempts to reach the his "little impressions property. 2. French nationals are authorised to different. But the most dangerous appears to he the "well-informed" Philistine, return, to lgypt ana establish there and mav en ta France There's filial gratitude for you! There's all the thanks you get for the sacrifices you havemade in order to provide your daughter with the good things of life! But when you've calmed down, you will probably admit to yourself that the hduseisapttobe downright cold in the winter and that it is embarassing; to see guests trying in vain not to shiver. It is odd, too, how the rather grand visitors, those you particularly wish to impress, always seem to come on the coldest night of the year.

The simple solution is to install a 'Potterton' Boiler. It is fully automatic, the modern means to economical but truly efficient central heating, to say nothing- of ample hot water all the year round. Whether you want to improve an existing heating-system or are planning to build a new house, you would be well advised to see what the 'Potterton' people can do for you. Why not write to the address below, or ask your secretary to ring Miss Meredith at Vandyke 7202? moon seem to have been anticipated in the Soviet Union, not yet by a Russian attempt, but by apparent foreknowledge of American success. size of "all 'Potterton' 3.

Tne reonemrLty of the. nnncinal Boilers are now free of Purchase' French cultural establishments that have been restituted." I- One rumour that is circulating, in 4. A payments agreement providing for a reciprocal credit margin that should AT WORK' Russia, according to the Moscow apparently the habitual listener to foreign broadcasts, who knows not only what happened yesterday in the Academy of Architecture, but also what happened the day before yesterday in the White House." Wherever he appears alarming rumours" which the paper does not specify appear also. permit resumption of iranco Egyptian financial and economic relations. 5.

Special measures to facilitate the of indemnities of French Literaturnaya Gazeta," is that the the United States has landed a rocket on the moon and is originating television transmissions from there. It is There is a further range of 'Potterton' BoUers'wlth' outputs of up to 1.250,000 B.t.uhr. to provide offices, factories, schools One who had retailed gossip alter nationals not returnin tn fi. A final eeillanu.nt Vwilonpa. Arict.

being spread, in the paper's view, by gossip, each one more filthy than the last." to a. rieht-thinkine fellow idg between the two countries at the end of October. 1958, and 7. Resumption of Franco-Egyptian credit facilities. passenger in a train, was made by the loyal citizen to get' up and shout for the whole carriage to hear I admit that I have made ud a dirty piece of and puhlic.

buildings with ample heatinc and abundant hot water. For detailed Information, unpatriotic nmstines who are prepared to praise everything that is foreign and to denigrate all things Soviet. -A Philistine's reaction to the sight of people the more The feeling among the Egyptians is understood to be that, the French Bobby Fischer, who only a few minutes before was mated by Benko and was on the of crying, found' here some consolation lor, his misery and started to laugh. Averbakh eventually won and Fuster lost his fourth game? in succession in'the same fashion. The Yugoslav champion who from the start has met the strongest opposition -and -has played someof the best chess in the a completely won position in his sixth round game against Olafsson after some thirty moves.

Then, with plenty of time at his disposal while his opponent bad only 'a few seconds on the clock, Gligoric with half a dozen ways to win apparently chose the most spectacular one but overlooked a tremendous resource by Olafsson and had to part with his Queen and the game. At the very beginning the most impressive player was the Russian champion Tal, who plays so quickly gossip." This admission, the paper reports do not soell out everything. please write to the address below. reports with approval, was forced Some observers here feel that during expensive Soviet-made cars is one of from him by, the threat that tne nnai stages of the negotiations which were conducted under the de resenaneni ai xne nigniy paid "new police would be called to deal with class who can afford to buy them and 'him. oauue Government, there was not of pride at the excellence of the But even the fear of the police is not certain tendency to try to accommodate the Egyptians, presumably with a vew Ssoviet moaei.

what it used to be. The policeman Even among the Drivileeed. wrho HrT off a -iav-walker is art to get 'POTTERTON' BOILERS CAS-FIREOOR Olt-FIRED to an eany resumption or diplomat! relations. the Key to comfort MORE DEATHS IN FLOODS Graz. August 14..

"Philistinism" appears rife. It takes the reply: "They have put you all a lot -of money, wire-pulling, and there so that you should sit on our certificates of political to, backs." obtain a ticket for one of the-round- if Literaturnaya Gazeta is pre- Eurbpe" trips run by the- Soviet pared to reveal this much of the tourist agency. The returned strains and stresses to which Soviet tine "when he is among peoole society is now subject, there can be paints a dismal picture of capitalism." little doubt that the discontents and Not -so, says the paper; when he is antagonisms at which it hints extend at home among his own Here even more widely and deeply. THOMAS POTTERTON LIMITED. 2030 Buckhold Raid, London S.W.I8.

A Subsidiary of "lo''HusrC6fn6fln)-tm(teE and much that it is sometimes difficult to find him sitting at his table. 'Although defeated by Matanovic; in the fourtht round, he brilliantly won aainst fillp in; the fifth. Most people. still feel that the only The death toll from floods in Styria stands at six to-night, but it is feared that several' more have also died in the rampaging waters during the past two days. Ten people are still missing.