|Minister concedes PPP would win Guiana vote By MALCOLM MacEWEN British Colonial Secretary Oliver Lyttelton told the House of Commons last week that he suspend- ed the constitution of British Guiana because the People’s Progressive party would undoubtedly have won another general election. But again he failed to produce a scrap of evidence to prove ‘that the dismissed ministers had plotted the violent overthrow of the country’s constitution, as he claimed when he removed the People’s Progressive government from of- r ca. and independence for the peo- | ers of veto of the governor, these He brushed aside all attempts! Ple- + were a ground for demanding full by Labor MPs :to extract’ some “The very limits upon the con-| self-government.” proof by reminding them that stitution of British Guiana, the} He suggested that the reason James Griffiths had already ac- second chamber in which the ma- why things had gone differently cepted the government allegations pority who were elected only have in British Guiana to the Gold on behalf of the Labor party. two representatives, the retention Coast, was that in British Guiana A mbtioh bythe tehor party 46 in the hands of British officials of Political and economic. control antiul'the Savas enspendine bie complete control over defense,| was entirely in the hands of a constitution of “British Galin’whs police and law and order, the pow-! small European minority. defeated by 304 votes to 271. The debate revealed deep cleav- bd “ovine we. JAGAn gets friendly Griffiths, colonial secretary. in the former Labor government, said 6 e 6 that the only reason the party pt | ef would vote against suspension of rece i on | n n | ai the constitution was that other : measures, such as use of the gov- NEW DELHI accorded an official civic reception is : ernor’s powers, should have been| Everywhere they go in India, : P Cace offer renewed : taken spainet the people’s minis-| Dr. Cheddi Jagan, elected premier i the mayor and councillors of ———— ters before the extreme step of| of British Guiana, and his minister alent: Military defeats for French troops (above) in Indochina and | SUSPension. -_,., | Of education L. F. S. Burnham,} Lawyers and prominent citizens Political crisis within the French puppet government have followed The .dispute between Griffiths chairman of thé People’s Progres-| are offering help for the setting up ™peror Bao Dai’ i Is advanced by Presi- | and Lyttelton amounted to this—| . f i hea mad ent Ho Chi. ve " ae 3 Reagirpa ph ah isa ar Republi ¢ |Should the PPP have been hit on aa ane are getting an enthusi- 3 an All-India Defense Commit i. Negotiations to end the seven-year war in Viet Nam. As French | the head or merely tripped up? _| Site Welcome. . ; _ ‘oops retreated in northwest Indochina, Ho Chi Minh repeated his Although a few Labor MPs open-| In Calcutta J. C. Gupta, influen-| The central committee of the In- _ “Seah for a truce “if the French government really respects | ly a mt priate tinl lentier Of: the Nafinnel: Con-| dian Cosmunist ‘curt feu endeee ndependence of Viet Nam.” In Saigon, collapse of puppet | government’s action, mos abor ds oe : ; i . Femier Nguyen Van Tam’s government was reported near. back-benchers challenged Lyttel- ee India’s ruling pay ed the Guiana leaders suggestion ton’s whole case, denied the exist-| chairman of the Citizens’ Recep-|for such a committee and urged e ence of a plot to use violence and| tion Committee, announced at a! the government to raise the British : : pointed the finger of accusation at| mass rally the formation of a pro- ee re j eq T re re | t is the sugar planters. visional defense committee headed | $overnment’s action in the United watts : One, Sidney Silverman, remind- by himself to collect funds. Nations and demand withdrawal of ed Lyttelton that the case against The Guiana leaders were also| British troops from British Guiana. _ U ° be 4 the ministers was that they did ‘| We ) im erid ism not act in the interests of British ee Se : Guiana, whereas he was now say- ing that he despaired of con- : ; ! ay tuis oe i MEXICO CITY | vincing the British Guiana elec- advisor ‘ abrera, former Mexican minister of finance and now an| orate that there was any truth st Mena »esident Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, has rejected the “Commun-| jp the suggestion of their sub- latin a, ©. theory and declared that the real threat to Mexico and| \ersive activities. erica is U.S. imperialism. editor . “ta’s statements were made in a letter to Juan Malpica Silva, : © newspaper, El Dicta- re n of V Sivas Opposition leader Clement Attlee i ade eZ. the letter has intervened to ask if there was not fl but h “1 made public in Mexico Renae: : : at least a chance that some other Other ysPPeared in the press of gen is p of : i ave won the elec: _. So Latin American countries. : party might not have won Lyttelton replied that this point had no particular significance, but A fo A i Us. comet attorney for powerful ue ek reper Porati j : Lyttelton insisted, however, that ’ Yearota cant es Bisa Ge br eak ou f the PPP was the only organised ing Of the most distin nish a ee : : party. “Of course there was a Ino Scans, He hae Inne bec,| By ALAN WINNINGTON | chance,” he said, “but I don't Ca as an anti-Communist an PANMUNJOM judge it under this electoral sys- Dly 4 c's letter was ir .. | tem as a very big one.” 90 on sent in re-| A mass break-out from the pris-| ‘cijyverman asked him what i e i es - filure to Seip explaining his | oner-of-war custodian camps here| would have been wrong if the ; wee ticles ie Several of Cab-|in an effort to wreck the armistice PPP had won the election, and their criticisms es aareod is planned. Lyttelton replied: “You would have « © Ca rera: an VSa policy, The plan has been prepared by | again had the same apg a Syngman Rhee and Chiang Kai-| by the admission of the officia shek secret agents, eS co- at ne sg ae aS ie i inating thei ions with those | condemned by Mr. i. a : oe logical or Political, BE Action SF yn U.S. negotia-| Another Labor MP, Michael} “Stat and nsec 3 Phantom in-/ tor, to take place “as soon as the| Foot, asked if Lyttelton was not ag id to Uitimiate ug, ase political talks break down.” going & say something about the tttperians fanny MT hi : : arson plot. “Meriatig ee to hide their true This was disclosed in almost To ens Lyttelton repliedthat two fae sh rae aang rae by “Korean and ex-ministers had been prosecuted Russian me you believe that the Chinese prisoners who escaped and for seditious speeches, and two of than the anger is more serious| Were handed over to the North) 11. ‘¢.. men detained had been tr, beyankee. I, on the con.| Korean and Chinese representa- charged with holding meetings whned ee that the Commun.| ‘ves last week. contrary to the Emergency Orders. | mie the IS vague and distant,| Giving evidence immediately Labor members laughed and eee rt and ¢ €e danger is im-|they had-been handed over, and! again asked him to say some- : ose and that it is| under the eyes of the observers| thing about the arson plot, but akan Tunis : “oh believe in the Com- Whether s28er to the Americas, s | in 1954 what better gift thana sub to the Pacific Tribune? Circulation Manager, Pacific Tribuak, Room 6 - 426 Main Street, Vancouver 4, B.C. Please send the PACIFIC TRIBUNE for: to fight j : : ; ismissed this curtly with the ahon. find it before we} of both sides, the prisoners describ-| he dismissed this curtly 5 nother ne Surselves faced with} ed the advanced plans. remark: “I’ve already informed Six ee oO Oi C80 be yee 224 suicidal war. the House that no prosecution $ Rigg rs Sie only by uniting can take place in the “eo he One ae oO tic. . Ose’ of the oth because the witnesses will no : AT acaimerican matte tne other Sydney elects first | because the w NAME: To . ADDRESS: % not def e ° i . Q : Brockway said that Lyt been '® Contrary ne communism. | Communist to council | Fenner Brockway said tint oe > I ha te Politica "Y “ Mil bectente ~ SYDNEY | fy Labor members and he wanted ie Phe hu ine which ig-| ‘The first Communist to be elec-| t@ challenge the anit corre Social jen being as the ob- ted to the city council of Sydney, which the government had nein f tap tt is the yttutions. 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