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LONDON (CP) - History was made Thursday night in a mere me minutes.

in that short time. the British government pledged it wiil'take the Suez Canal dispute to the United Nations-if Egypt refuses to "co-operate."

in that brief spade. apparently, the differences which had divided Britain's main political parties- and probably the nation as well- narrowed to a vanishing point. To g considerable extent. the threat or oar receded.

The dramatic break came in the closing minutes of' an emer- ggncy two-day House of Commons debate on the troubled situation in the Suez Canal zone. Repeat- Kuy, Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell sought an assurance from Prime Minister Eden that Britain will not "shoot her way up-uugh the Suez Canal."

Gaitskell was quoting a stats mom made in Washington by State Secretary Dulles.

EDEN IIESITATES

Eden hesitated, declined to use the exact words. but gave a reply that, for most of his audience. had the same implications.

He said: "We are in complete agreement with the United States government on what to do. We propose to ask for Egyptian co- operation. If they are in default we will take them to the security council." -

He meant that if Elypt breaks the 1888 convention governing free access to the canal, the mat- ter will "be taken to the United Nations.

There was bedlam at the words. In the confusion it was difficult to be sure. but it seemed that the cheers came mainly from the La- bor benches.

Many observers interpreted the security council reference as a victory for Galtskell and the La- bor oppositiun. who have made the question of United Nations action one of the chief issues in the tense and crowded debate.

OPPOSITION PLEA

The opposition had pleaded for a pledge that resort to force would be taken only through the world organization. The govern- ment refused. It said it already was acting under article 33 of the UN charter, which calls on na-

tions to seek solutions to disputes

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and conciliation.

Until Edenls pledge on the so- curity council. the government had talked of "other means" of settling the dispute, and British newspapers published statements -presumably inspired by tho 80V- arnment - that force would be used if no satisfactory settlement were reached.

Several Commonwealth coun - tries, including India and Aus- tralia e x p r e s s e d reservations about the irnplicalions of British Policy. and it was believed that Canada largely shared these mis- givings. Canada has always sup- ported a United Nations solution.

LOWER TEMPERATUBFJ

The Eden declaration will al- most certainly result in a lower- ing of temperatures in the Sues crisis, which had produced an ap- peal by the Archbishop of Canter- bury for unity in s time of peril Before it. the Commons had ap- peared dangerously divied. with the Conservatives solidly lined up behind Eden's "tough" policy and the Labor opposition, as well as the small Liberal group. just as fervently opposed.

U.S. Goes Ahead With Suez Plans

WASHINGTON (AP) - State seen”,-y Dnupg gsid Thursday the United sum will push ahead with plans for s Suez Canal ship- pers' association despite Egypt's assertion that implementation of the plan "means war."

At the same time Dulles said the U.S. does not intend to "shoot its way through" the canal if Egypt blocks the way.

Rather than risk war in the Middle East. he said. the U.S. is ready to send its shipping around the Cape of Good Hope. avoiding the waterway nationalised by Egypt July E.

American loans to European countries would be considered. he announced. to help them buy West- ern Hemisphere oil if Middle East shipments are disrupted.

FIRM HAND

Dallas looks out firmly at a press oonferen a few minutes after receiving a message the Egyptian government bitterly as- ssillng the new plan. which is sponsored by the Western Big Three.

The message was delivered by Ambassador Ahmad Hussein. An Egyptian embassy statement said Dulles was told "the scheme which Sir Anthony Eden wants to impose on Egypt is an open and flagrant aggression of Egyptian sover- eignty and its implementation moans war."

The smbassy said lussoin llso informed Dulles:

"If the United States desires war. than she may support the scbsmmbntifherdosirsisto work for a peaceful solution. the schools has to be abandoned."

In the face of this warning. Dul- le's told his press conference that Egyptls angry reaction "does not deter as from ps "ing with this program." The plan was unveiled by the British Prime Minister Wednesday.

The plan which Egypt opposes would line up the U.S.. Britain and Franco in a sues Canal users' association. The association would

geek to send ships, guided by non.

Island Products Display Opened At Civic Centre

suming public within the Province. "My congratulations to the sincere and aggressive young men of the Junior Board of Trade who are sponsoring this campaign. which I hope will be vigorously pressed throughout the length and breadth of our Province." hs said. "Tbs cost of trsnsportatidn to the con- sumer from the producer here is practicaliyinll and should be a bearing on the economical distrib- union."

"ll VI! are not loyal to our People we are not loyal to our- selves." lfon. Dougsld Macltinnom Minister of Natural Resources. said in a brief address at the Civic Centre yesterday when he official- llt opened the Island Products Dis

Plly. conducted by the Charlotte- town Junior Board of Trade. Featured in the showing are con- ned lobsters and by-products. can- ned beef products, chlcksa. peas. ltlckles. bets and beans. all nicely hacked and attractively labelled. Butter. chases and canned milk .8" also .. losatly -displayed in N llfle refrlgsfstluttsalt. Thus '.ltems too are in attractive packag- os or containers and reflect the aim of the '

gyptlan pilots. through tbs canal. lo

Other countries using the canal have been asked to Join the enter- prise.

ASKS RECONSIDERATION

Dulles is understood to have of- fered it as s stop-gap move until diplomacy settles the dispute with Egypt over who is to operate the strategic waterway.

Appealing for Egyptian recon- sideration. Dulles told reporters he believes the plan is "not suffi- ciently undarstood" by Egyptian President Nasser.

It represents "an honsst effort.” to find a peaceful solution accept- ablstosllsidas.hesald.sndts denounce it as an effort to impose an alien regime on Egypt is "fan- tastic." U - '

Dulles stressed American deter- mination to avoid military action if Egypt returns to cooperate. VIOLATION y

If Egypt "sought to interfere" with the new association it would be a violation of its promise to keep the canal open to all ships, the secretary said. Nasser has vowed to uphold terms of an 1888 convention which guarantees ac- cess to the waterway.

"In this event, the parties to our beneficiaries of the convention would. in our opinion, be free to take steps to assure their rights through the United Nations or through other action appropriate to the circumstance." Dulles said.

He refused to spell out precisely what he meant by "other action," saying it depended on tho circum- stances at the time. .m.....:m..:g.,gg.g

RCMP PROMOTION

- OTTAWA (CP)-A veteran of 3! years service with the RCMP. As slstaat Commissioner Charles E Rlvett Csrnac, has been promoted to deputy commissioner of the force. it was-announced Tuesday. He replaces Deputy Commissioner Alan T. Belcher who is retired on pension. The 55-year-old officer was recently transferred to Ot- tawa from Victoria where he was officer commanding "E" Divis- a.

In addition to the officldh par-

Wind Carries Oil Away From Toronto

TORONTO (CP)-Tbs wind be- gan carrying a heavy oil slick out into Lake Ontario Thursday and

by negotiation, enquiry. mediation the

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"Covers Prince Edward Island Like 11.. Dew" cruuu.o'r'rn1owN. CANADA. FRIDAY. snrrnmonn 14. 1956

Tenders Are Called For Ferry Berth

Tenders are being called gm. mtdllltly by the Federal Depart- nisntoflfuhiicvlorksforsbss-th at Wood Islands to accommodate new ferry now being built. it was announced last night by Mr. Nell A Matheson. M. P. for Queens. The ferry to expected to 59 Teidy for service next year.

The berth will betbuilt on the west side of the present whu-1 gm-1 will accommoadte a boat 250 feet long with a 54-foot beam, -

, Twders are to close Oct. 10.

Transportation Sore Subject Al Bar Harbor

HALIFAX (CP) - Transports 50'! Problems are sure to befdls cussed at the Bar Harbor. Me.. conference of New England and Atlantic provinces political and business leaders next week-and with good reason.

The delegates are having their own problems just getting there.

Bar Harbor has no direct air o1

rail service. In addition the CM! ferry Bluenose from Yarmoutn. N.S., begins a reduced winter schedule Saturday, two days be fore the conference opens. As a result of those using the ferry must leave three days ahead of the meeting or trave by car or train around the Bay of Fundy. The train trip involves a night run from Saint John. N.B., with transfer to a bus at Bangor. Me. in the pre-dawn darkness.

police said any " of fire in Toronto harbor had disappeared.

The slick covered a square mile of the harbor and apparently rc- sulted from a faulty hose coupling as 150.000 gallons of oil was being loaded aboard a freighter last weekend.

SLIDE KILLS 11

HUELVA. Spain AP) - Nine persons were crushed to death Wednesday in a landslide which .. pied their two-storey house. The landslide was used by heavy rains.

VANCOUVER (CP) - lussian

kw. on the dly visit to Th M h w aper men ursdsy as nnmtechniquss here which he hopes to introduce to tho Ilassisa industry. E

He said he hopes too that Rus- sia may be able to import fish and fishing vessels front Canada as well as some fish plant equip- ment and that there will be a con- tinuing exchange of technical knowledge.

"What we have seen in the fish-

Hopes To Introduce Canadian Fishing Techniques In Russia

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l:i”..f.'&......" ”':'hr. M-

cries hers is s well-developed In- t

dustry. wall-equipped -and mechan- upoclslly for esnnlns and

"It is remarkable that the qual- ity control is detorxnin , JIQLIE the firms themselves It! customerr orders. The quality re- quirements are so high that they result in many waste products.

"The Canadian l industry uses some new equipment which is more convenient than ours. The salmon canneries are more prod- uctive. but the pa esses are just the same. In some other aspects the Russian industry is more per- ect.”

WINDSOR, Ont. (CP) - The treasurer of the United Church of Canada said Thursday a new church is needed every two days if the United Church 8 to keep pace with Canada's growth.

Dr. Victor T. Mooney told the church's general council holding its 17th biennial conference here. that the United Church "must not fall in doing its share to keep Can- ada Christian."

He said congregations do not

ry. The United Church ranked 47th in avenge member donations of 55 denominations in Canada and the United States.

practising tith-

ing as a condition of membership

United Church Reports Great Building Construction Need

give enough to the church tress- in u

get three and four times as much as the United Church." he said.

SPEND MILLIONS

Dr. Mooney also attacked Cans- disns' drinking and smoking bab- its. Ha said that in the last 10 years they had spent 87.000.000.- 000 for alcoholic beverages and in the same period gave only 31.360.000.000 to all C a n a d is n churches. In the same period they spent about 34.000.000.000 on smok-

g.

"Surely we are not going to let these proportions stand. Surely it is possible for christian Canadians to invest in the work of their churches as much or more than drinking Canadians invest in liq-

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COMMONS vorr

LONDON (CP) - Prime Min- ister Eden's government Thursday night won a vote of confidence in its Sues policy after the prime minister had promised that, bar- ;-ing emergency, the United Na- tions would be consulted before force was our p 1 oy e d against Egypt.

A move by the opposition La- bor party to censure the govern- ment was defeated in the House of Commons by 321 votes to 251. A second vote, expressing confi- dence ln the government. was car- ried lli to 248.

After the vote. James Griffiths. deputy leader of the Labor party, said the promise "extracted . . . from the prime minister has served and saved this nation."

Keynote of the Labor attack throughout the two - day emer- gcy debate was whether Britain intended to use force to get ships through the disputed canal.

Hugh Gaitskell, Labor party leader, kept pressing for a pledge that force would not be used ex- cept after reference to tho UN se- curity council.

MINISTEWS REPLY The prime minister replied: "If

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Such I Pledge or guarantee is to P9 35591012. then neither I nor llllt British minister could give it. No one can possibly tell what will be (Egyptian president) Col. Nas- ser's action either in the canal or in Egypt. I

"Nevertheless I will give this reply which is as far as any gov- ernment can go:

"It would certainly be our in- tention. if circumstances allowed -that is except in an emergency -to refer a matter of this kind to the security council."

Eden continued: "Beyond that, I do not think any government could possibly go. But the govern- ment must be the judge of the circumstances."

LESS FEAR

The prime minister's assurance the security council would be con- sulted was aimed at allaying fears of Labor members who were alarmed by his speech Wednes- day announcing the formation of a "user's association" to run ships through the canal.

He said in that speech that if Egypt interfered. Britain and the other nations concerned would be free to take further steps to as-

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sert their rights "through the United Nations or by other means."

The words "or by other means" were widely interpreted by the Oppposition as the threat of force."

In a parallel debate in the Con- servative - dominated House of Lords. a censure motion on gov- ernment policy was defeated by a vote of 145 to 18.

Before Eden's closing speech in the House of Commons, Gaitskell said: "Going to war with Egypt would probably lead to the fall of Col. Nasser but it could not pos- sibly be regarded as solving the lproblem of the Middle East as a whole.''

He said there was a possibility of successful negotiation which might involve some loss of face by Nasser as well.

DENIES CHARGES ,

Eden denied charges of "war- mong.-zring" but said true and last- ing peace could not be bought at the price of "surrender of rights outside pressure and force."

Eden referred to the events which pl ceded the Second World War in 1938 and said: "The ma- jority of the country did not agree

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with us then."

Turning toward former prime minister Sir Winston Churchill who sat near him, Eden said: "my right honorable friend tells me he agreed with ma then-and he tells me he agrees with me now." 9The elderly statesman assent.

"If he (Nasser) gets away with It, then there will be such a rush of power, such a haste and hurry to get on the bandwagon of the Egyptian dictator as we have not seen in our generation in respect of any country at all,'" Eden de- clnred

ISRAEL NEXT

Eden predicted that Nasser's next step undoubtedly would be an attack on Israel if he were successful in his Suez action.

The voting came hours after Egypt told the Western powers their plan to take over control of Suez traffic, it carried through- will flash off a new war.

The Eden victory pointed up the Suez crisis hour of Friday mid- night i7 p.m. ADT), when nearly 100 pilots and about 300 other non-

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mile waterwli slit to Wills” the job.

In the Commons abate. For- eign Secretary 39173! H0111 ptedggd his governments deter- mination that unrestricted control of the Suez Canal must be kefil

' out of the hands of "one govern-

ment of one min-"

As he spoke. IIIIPOWIIEHI 9'0!!! the main seafaring nations rising the canal met here to discuss the practical impllcatio of the Brit- ish. French and American plan to set up a users' association which would run ships through Sues.

Lloyd told the Commons tho plan has "full United States sup- port and participation."

He said: "We propose to call a meeting of the main users in the very near future in order to get the plan working.” A government -source said it would be held next week, probably in London.

w as not known whether United States State Secretary Dulles will attend the talks, but it is likely that someone will come from Washington for the meeting.

In Washington. Ditties voiced his support for the proposed as-

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CAIRO, E g y p t (Beaten)- Egypt told the United Nations Thursday that Britain and France must share the blame for any do- lay in Suez Canal traffic following the withdrawal of non - Egyptian pilots this weekend.

At the some time. Egyptian su- tharitiss i 4 T - ll) military preparations and tight- ened security at ksy centres.

President Nasser conferred with

his political advisers on Egypt's reply to the Anglo-French-Amsrb -can plan for-s-coast-us.ers'v asso- ciation announced Wednesday U the British government. V The thrse-power schcms-un-'- which the association would pilot ships through the canal. collect shipping tolls and pay compensa- tion to Egypt,-was branded "an act of provocation" by govern- ment information chief Abdol Ka- dar I-lstem. A government spokssmsn In- nounced that Egypt had pointed out in a message to the UN that the "former Suez Canal Company ordered non - Egyptian employees to leave their Jobs with the appro- val of the British and French gov- ernments."

MILITARY CALI.-UP

Egyptian War Minister Abdel Hakim Amer was empowered Thursday to call up any worker, government or public official bo- tween the tiger of 25 and 85 for military or industrial service. Meanwhile, the Egyptian fleet continued Iocrot manoeuvres which will last for three days. In the canal sone. hundreds of Suez Canal Co.,, , employees flocked to passport offices for exit visas. with less than 48 hours to go before they leave their jobs with the Egyptian - nationalised canal authority.

Egyptian officials have an- nounced that none of the appli-

OONTROL PLAN REJECTED

Nasser has "opened the way to negotiations" by refusing the in- ternational control plan brought to Cairo by s five-mtion mission headed by Australian Prime Min- ister Menzies.

Military Preparations In Egypt Are Stepped Up

Thou leaving wers told they could take only 20 Egyptian pounds with them. The majority will leave behind large bank balances. furniture, houses and cars.

An official of the Egyptian canal authority said Egypt "will keep shipping Bowing despite any walk-

NEW DELHI (Reuters)-Prime Minister Nehru Thursday was-nod Britain that her plan for a Sues Canal users' association involves "grave risk of conflict" with Egypt and urged her to drop it.

The users' association scheme. announced in the House of Com- mons Wednesday by Prime Min- ister Eden. was termed "very un- usual" by Nehru in an address to the Indian Parliament. The users' association would pilot shipping through the caoaL All user nations would pay toils directly to the association, with Egypt receiving compensation for use of the canal.)

"One thing is clear," Ndiru stated. "That is that the action proposed is not the result of agree- ment, cooperation. or consent but is to be taken unilaterally and thus is in the nature of an im- posed decision."

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of the publications branch of the department Thursday "this is gdng to down in history as the most di-

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out by non-Egyptians."

(Cairo Radio reported that some i

non-Egyptian canal employees had declared their readiness us stay on "despite the incitement: and instructions of the dissolved Suez