R M GI S T - sahistory.org.za · R M GI S T A AY * RESTAURANT & COFFEE BAR WELCOME TO o T LAWY "AN Henry Makgothi a FreeMan PRETOR IA. When the treason trial pro ceedings opened,

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RESTAURANT& COFFEE BAR

WELCOME TO

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Henry Makgothi aFree Man

PR ETOR IA.When the treason trial pro ­

ceedings opened, Henry G.Makgothi was not among theaccused: a medical certificateI eceived by the Crown saidthai he would require hospital­isation for at least six months.The Crown then announcedthat it had been decided towithdraw the indictment againsthim.

This leaves 91 accused stand­irtg trial.

"HERE THEY COME!" The two buses provided for the accused have drawn up outside the OldSynagogue converted into a courthouse, and the accused walk into court. (Mr. J. Siovo, Dr. G. M.

Naicker, Mr. T. Tshume and Mr. T. Mqota.)

JOHANNESBURG. ~g~~~ ~~od~n:or~er~he aE~~lii~ fh~~e~~~llg;:o:~c~l;f~~ <~l~~~~i~oSl~~~

L~YE~la~:n Sh~~ed .:: ~~~i~~~~~ s: ~~.~ f:r~s f~~~ I l1o~ve:;:r?~~~~~~~s::i~rown has employed a pu~li- sa~rs~r~~~d'sMdr~t:I ~~~~ write re­city agent part of whose Job ports of the proceedings of thewill apparently be to give the Treason Trial. Her reports will bepress official handouts on the vetted by the .Special Branch. .

treason trial. in~~e t~~cs~~~~I1~ ~~~eofo:h~h~ r~~:As one lawyer put it: " It is cused, she than~ed a p l e~~ photo-

an outrageous proposition t~at ~~~t~~r ~i~U~:V'~l :.t~.enpiro~c~n~the Crown should have to hire Mr. de Vos " which a nneared in onesomeone to report a case to the of the newspapers. "Do give me apublic." copy for Pirow. as a special

Mr. Pirow's press attache is Mrs. favour ." she simpered.To one Sunday newspaper Mrs,1-- -------.., I Rood described the Crown's new

~~p~~trl~~l~e:d J.?~eS~I~?chensk i as Cape Town's Newest

ab~ut l~i~hr~e;~ d~~a~~~;iaIP~~;i~~~ Venue for Easternguards around Fath er Boche nski isher master stroke up to now. it ha s Entertainmentachieved nothinu more than acomic ooe ra effect. The ourp ose ofthis Crown publicity might he to 94-96 ALBERT ROAD,<; u~ge~t that Father Bochenski j<; indar zer. How absurd! (Near Bridge) WOODSTOCK

The public that is 0 3 \ inz for thistrial might well ask : ' who hi:cdMrs. Rood and who pay-, her?

And why the need for specialhandouts. vetted by the Special

~~h~~~; a~Od ~~:sas~;:nci~~~ wg~ "See you at Naaz I"~~""""", .......-",_ ,,.J ttl!th~~~~:r!;~~~~ ~~:~t~; r~~\' I~~ ~~~~~~~l!5S;~~

BasutolandCongress

Says: "WeShall Give

Report a FairTrial"

see page 4

.prof. Z. K. Matthews received 8 pile of t Ifpaws of lJupport (or ilu:!l ~W~" f.ro 8 p tii SP. -rn~UI1 er J.n l (0 _ ~I!~ .frl ~ ('~n ,

as Never Consulted AboutTreas n Court Judges

PRET ORIA. Mr. Pirow Q.C., chief Crown. _. . . prosecutor, said be was confident

T~~::c~th~ ::~eo~p:.~: "eTeht~~~~n~~nd?d ~~dc~c~~e~~:;?ulltice Ludorf led to the ad- ~~~s~ft~~~~l, ~~~rtdkiasitst~~~~:e:~~JournmeIit of the Treason Trial Crown's application for the post­for one week until this coming ponement. The defence was anxiousMonday~ August 11, and raised o~ly for the . least possible . delay,some doubts as to whether the f:~~e ~un~tlse1S, Q.C., chief de-

Special.Court would have to be Tight SpotrecoDBtit~e~ and the whole Meanwhile, Mr. Justice Rumpff'sbench appomted afresh. explanation in court on Monday

.---- - - - - - _1for 110t recusing himself puts the~justi~wart.ina tight spot and places a heavyonus on him to give Parliament andthe country an explanation of hisposition.

Speaking in Parliament duringthe second reading of the SpecialCourts Amendment Bill. Mr. Swartsaid:

" When I had to appoint thecourt, I consulted the Judge-Presi-

~~~t haes

i~fo;~~~ ~ei7~ea~dh~ ~~~fdhave appointed JUdge Rumpf! tohear the case. I then appointedJudge Rumpff as the senior judgeof the court and I consulted JudgeRumplf 011 the further appoint­ments." (Hansard for July 14, col.320.)

In court on Monday, Mr. Justice,--- - -----..11Rumpf! said that when the Mini-

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N EW AGE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958

NEW AGE MONTH­PROGRESS REPORT

Who Are Africans?

God's ChosenGuardians?

I wish ' Motshwana-thebc-Kgotla' an d 1m fellow Africanistswo uld exp lain to me what theymean by the term 'African.' _

As far as I am con cern ed , an MORE SABRA HYPOCRISYAfrican is a native of Africa, in

~ha~i~~moef ~Jr~~~~ a Euroocan is a "IT is b ecause we do n o t believe in d omin a tion and d o not

T he im pression I receive fr om be l ie ve th e Whites will e ve r relinquish their p os iti o n that we

:~eaA:~~i~~i s~f ~f~~c~. a~h~fi~~f believe in sep arate de velopment."Non -European ancestry. T hus P ro fe ssor N. J. Olivier , of Stellenbosch, vice-chairman

Now , if we go baek fart her of SABRA, explained SABRA's polic y a t a meeting in C apeenoug h in h istory, we will find Town la st week .that there was a time when th e The SA B R A boys are having a hard battle to quieten their

~~~~s(f~~ ~~a~h;ler~eer~t A~i~~~~: to r tu re d co nsciences . To be a b le to pose before the world aswhen those .of the Hungarians people with principles , they are ready to prove Bl ack is White

~~r~ M~~l~~W~~~ a~~ t:ou:eo~fa:h~ if n ec es sar y . . •Am erica ns were Euro pea ns. The se n te nc e qu~ted ~bovc ex~oses !he f~ndame~tal .hy~?cf1sy

wh~Jll ti~i~ Ic~rPtsqU~~e ~i~~1~: ~~o~~~s~:g~~cr~~~~CXBR~~S ~~~i~y~;I~V:t ~nas~~r:~at~~nide~a~~namel y. that people a rc the natives the inherent. ineradicable inferiority of the Non-White races .

~hi~~Cth~ou~~~ic b:~'l n~on t lllcn t III Pot entially th ey can rea ch the sa m e h~ig~ts . Nor does it ?elievc

Thu " I: wh ose a nces to rs were that supremacy of one race can be mamtame? perpetually. ' .English and whose home language, Therefore, because the p resent se t-up IS b a sed on Whitelike that of my fo re-bea rs, is do mi na t ion, SABRA pleads for separation as the only way ofEnglish, am an Africa n by virtue guaran tee ing ju s tice , independ ence an d equali ty to the Bl acks. as~~ethi~ ~f~ictahat I was born an d is, h e co nc ed es , th ei r due.

If the Afric~nisls canno t accept But in t.he very ne xt br~ath ~rofessor Ol ivie r add~: " But w.ethis then they must fo llow th eir do n o t believe th at the Whites Will ever b e ready to give up theirline of. reasoning to its logical positi on in South Africa ." In o ther words , they will not be pre-

~un~~~~i~~s ~h~ul~e~:r~et~~~~d t~~ pa red to ab~ndon their domination which, as .Mr. Strijdom hasMongolia, th e Egypti an s to Wes- ma~e c~ear 111 th e o ne s peec h he k eeps rep~atmg ?ver and overtern Asia an d the white Austra- agam , IS the o nly g ua ra n te e th at the Whites will be able tolians to Europ e. retain th eir p resent position.

Fu r them to refer t.o us Africans And in th is res p ect at le a st Mr. Strijdom and Professor

~~~n~~r~l~~tn th~~ra:}~~~1g~~r~~ri~ Olivie r are ~og icaI. 'the W~ite ra ci ali sts have n o a m b it io n to t a k etantam ount to saving th at Paul t he pl a ce of t he African mineworkers, who earn 3s . 3d. a day andRobeson is a Ni gerian becau se h is sle e p on c o ncre te b u nks in compou nds ; or of th e African farman cestors ca~e from Nigeri a, labourers , who are pre ss-g an ge d from police stations, dressed in

ag~~e C~it~utsh~nAlri;~~~~~?~~~~~;y sac ks , paid (let us even ac ce p t Dr. Verwoerd's es.timate) a beg­"Africa for the Afr ican s" prJ- ga r ly £6 lOs. a month, often b eat en a n d on the whole wretchedlyvided that , by Afr ican , the y me an, housed.'a per so n of Af rica.' Y e t un le ss t he Whites a re prepared to abandon their claims

MEL V ILLE F LETCH ER to cheap African la b o u r . the " se paration" of which ProfessorPort Elizabeth . Ol ivie r speaks is a fr aud . What so rt of " inde pe nd en t" existence

co u ld th e Africans lead in their " o w n" Transk e i if t hey w er efo rced b y po verty a nd t a xation, just as they are now, to seekw ork on the White m an 's fa rms a nd mines? On the other hand,assuming com ple te separation were to be brought a b o ut, whatsort of e xi s tence co uld the Whit es le ad if th ey w e re forced to dow ithout cheap A frican labour ?

The mo st pecu liar th ing in th is Pr of esso r O li vi e r q uo te s India a s a n example of a country

~h~~~h~s l~n~PI~~ie~~s ~~i:~et:h~~: whic~ w a s <:omp elle d to accept p.artit ion a s the 0?1,Y means ofcept ion of a ver y few), and their ensunng racial peace. But t he Indians are n o t a privileged caste,Bib!ical sermons. is to find th e mak ing huge p ro fits out o f cheap P a ki stani labour. The Indian s

:1~in~OVt~nJb~nt GfO~~se c~h~:~~ do no t rely on P akistanis to ~ork !h e ir fa rms. ind us tr ie s and goldguardians of the Black de stin y mmes, or to act as servants In t heir ho~es. .althou gh they kn ow no better gos- The SABRA people want to eat t heir ca k e a n d h ave It. Theypel , no no bler truth . . no hi gher wan t t o k ee p the ir ch e ap labour and big p rofits, " their positio n

~~~iaih~rr~hg~nb:e~ ter~c~~\O s~:r~~n~~ in So~th A~rica." a s P r ofe ssor.Olivier eu phemistica lly calls it. ~tdeceit and ex ploitation of th e th e sa~e time th ey want their ?hea~ labourers to accept theirmillions of Non -White peop le of fate With ple asure , or at le ast resignation; and they want the restSouth Afri ca o f the world , which a t th e moment hates th e ir guts, to respect

We have seen durin g the past th e m a li tt le. .- .

~~t i~~~I~st~he a~~mefh~ig~~~:p~~: . U nf o rt un ately fo~ them, the ~ontradietions in their policy .aremethods to su ppre ss a nd dest ro y m solub le . A skunk IS a skunk IS a skunk, and does not smellthe ever growing mil itant move- sw ee ter when you give it another nam e.ment op pose d to racia l subjection. '---------------- ----

Alf~~ish~~tn~~si~se;i~eJhfe::s~:; THE TRUTH ABOUT HUNGARYthe peop le. but It has ha d therever se effect. Allow me. without entering into and whitewashed eac h and every

The g~eate~ the play of fo rce of a " priva te duel " or "mu d-slinging crime per petrated du ring thethe Nationalists, the great er has cont est" with you r cor respo ndent 1930's?the militancy of th e Non-Euro- " T ru th" (Mo re on Hungar y, N ew We in South Africa , who arepean opposition become . Age. 24/7/58), to make my stan d- intim atel y conc erned with the

It is fea r tha t rule s their hearts ! point clear: Iiberatory movement's struggle forFea r of the past. Fear th at they In its st rugg le aga inst the bour- freedo m, ha ve a duty not only tohad no t dealt the card s fa irly . geoisie the worki ng cla ss is for ced the stru ggle in South Afri ca but

be~~et:~t~~~i:~s t :;~ltt haa~d o~~ !'~es~~~iiity.~it~ut"~~r~:~gU~~~ ~~~oi~~~~~t 0}hfh;O~~1~gO~;g~~[V;prerne, unch al1enged power at th e of th.e class-e-i.e, Its political or~a- mankind for the end of the exploi-expen se of the subjected N on- ntsanon-e-must be honest With tat ion of man by man and ou rWhit e peopl es. th ose it would lead both during strug gles mu st be weakened if the

anJhfheirN~;lo~ li::aveW~r~ersh~~IJ ~~~ a~~~l th:ei~~~~gll~s7h~~/o~~ ~~~fl:asareev~~Ct~:ve.1o~n i;:~it~b~~ti~:no: ht~~ ~~~i~~ ~~rl~e7h~e~~i~ ~~;~re I~t ~~~Idbec:~a~uil[u~bl:~ :~e~ee ~~~c~is~~ci~tt~en:ar~li~ l~~i~e::st:s h~~e ~~~n k~ndl~~u~m~a~ ed;~: ~:u~~~~!e ndS of the USSR e~ents as we~. S. qOLQBER Ggrowing spiri t of self -sacrifi ce an d an~ of SOCIalIsm are not n~~s· Joh an!lcsburg. .

l~avv~ ~Lt:~~dc~i:;:ri; k~~~ll s~~~ ~ir~lyca~~O~~ldw;~er~c~~~~c~~rn~~: res~~d~~nPli~:i~u:fi~~\h~( N~~of their miseries an d have been vie t poli cy. Cou ld " the cu lt of th e Age ha s decei ved -its readers as tostirred 10 ach ieve frced om for illdividua l"-a spurious form ula- the na ture of 'overseas events. H eAI L who inhahit Ihl~ our COUIl - tion in itself -have plunged the has his poin t or view, we havelrv. . a by~ma l dept h, it dl'generated our s. Wc a re satis fied th at we have

. 1\1A LEK I{A")001. info. if the Com munl..t Pa rtic') and perf orme d our dUly to the lihera -fr icnds of the Soviet Un ion had tory mov em ent to the best of our

Kinr oss, E. Tv!. mll acce pted each and every lie ability.- Editor .)

Kimberley.

Students' FeesIn yo ur issue of 8th Ma y.

appea red an a rt icle headed "A skNo Question" by a worr ied mem­ber of the T iger Kloof In stitution.

It is a d isgra ce to lea rn thatstudents a re being forced 10 signthat th ey will be a t the Institutionon the ope ni ng day of school withthe ir fees. Students who do notbr ing thei r fees should not com eto school. I understan d that stu­dents who do not sign a rc notgiven concessions.

Fur ther mo re, I hear tha t stu­dents from as far away as CapeTow n are being sent home to col­lect the ir fees in the middl e of theter m. Th e tra in far e is £ 10 returnand the fees arc £ 1.1O.0 !

I understand that th ere is muchdr un ken ness at the In st itu tion sothat when school clos es studentsbecome gra duates of pri son befo rerea chi ng th eir hom es.

O BSERV ER

fur th e sa ke of democrac y, I haveto be ha rsh in order to be goo d.

NTSI E PHA FOLI .Branch Secreta ry,

Basuto land African Co ngres s,Mafet eng, Basutoland.

crease in their usual dona­tions.

(a ) " G ua ra ntors" are notcorning fo rwar d sufficientlyfas t.

(b) Ou r sales ere not risin gas fast as they shou ld .

(c) Not eno ugh of our six­pen ny don a tion stamps arebeing sold .

(d) SACPO in Cape T ownand th e supporters in Durb ana re nowhere near the sales ou t­put which we think they ar cca pable of reaching.

P lease do not forge t tha t weneed you r donation s more ur­gen tly th an ever, Send themnow,

Not-So-Good News

La st Week's Don ations:

Cap e Tow n:S.R . lOs.. F urn itur e £3.3,

Len (Fish Su pper) £ 10. G. £3.Clifton £10, P.c. £5. Denis£ \. 10. Fish Suoper £1.12.11.Sal ly's Tel. 9/N.. Mai tland£5.10, I.K. £1. B.S. lOs.. K. D .7.6d., T.M. lOs.. BHz. IO~ .,

N .M. £1. Ally Sist ers £1, Doc£1. Joey £2.Jo banne sbura:

R £5. Archie £1. Es the r £1,Intellectual £5. Aunt ie Lo rna£1.10. Theun i ~~e n Branch AN C£1 Bloemfontein ANC £3,Maxie £2, L and R £ \. F rien d£5.5. Anon £5.5. Goo d Fr iend£1. Pixie an d John (M ont hly)£5. Ant i-Fa~clst £10. Bob(Monl hlv) £5. Caleh IBlocm ­(('ntein coll ect IOn,) £2. Stephcn9 fod.• Am11l £1 10.

TOTAL- -£108 l b . Il ~ d .

Good NewsI. Theunissen and Bloemfon ­

tein bran ches of the A NCh ave sent in their co n tribu­tions in response to ou ra ppea l. See below .

~. Th e N ew BIighton bra nchof the ANC in Port Eliza­be th have o rgani sed theirsales so effectivel y tha t theynow sell a t lea st 45 per cen tof the pap ers dist ribu ted inthe who le a rea .

3. All C ape Western bra nchesof the A NC represented onthe regional work ing com­mitt ee are now selling thep a per an d have promisedan increase in sales as well.

4. Ca pe T own's CO D branchis mak ing final prepar ationsfo r their book sa le in a idof our fund s.

5. SACPO in Athlon e, th rou ghth eir Execu tive Committee,h ave also ass ure d us tha tthe " will o rgani se a fu nd­raising fun ction for us thismon th .

6. P rogressive stude nts haveswung into action aga inwit h the ir sa les an d havea lso pro mised a fund-ra isingfunc tion for New Age th ismon th.

7. Severa l more nunrant orshave come for ward withthei r dona t ion~ of £5 permonth .

8. More encouraj:l i n ~ tha nanythin g else perh ao s areth e !lum ber of people whohave com e up to Ihe officevolunteering to ~e ll th~

na per and -to ~IVC: U, thll'>\~h:Jrd ear ned few ~hil1 1n l~~ II I

add ition al k w pound s in-

Alth ou gh Pr ofessor Co wen'srepo rt on the pr oposed Legisla tiveCo uncil for Basuto land was u nani­mou sly accepted by a meet ing ofthe Basutol and Af rican Co ng resson Sund ay Jul y 27. at Maser u, Iwould like to comment on thea lt itude of th e Gen eral-P resident,Mr . Ntsu Mokhehle, in au lin ingthe repo rt to the meeting.

Many memb ers were not saus­lied. Thev comp'a .n th at th eywere dictated to bv the President.10 other words the President ad vo­cat ed the report. I would like torem ind the Presiden t that Prof.Cowen's rep or t is not exact lywha t the Basutoland Afr ican Con ­gress wanted whe n it asked fo ra Leg islatu re 111 the true sen-eof the word , not :t thu d-cla.., one .

If th e Baso th o peo ple wa nt anda re pre par ed to rule themse lves.It i ~ nol for Pr ofe..sor Cowe n orany oth er expert to decide, butthe BU30th o people themselves.

As mem ber s of the BusutolandCon gresv who wer e calle d toMaseru to discuss th e repo rt. wewou ld like to "n o w why the Pre­den t advocated I t ? Wh v did heglori fy it befo re it was di scu ssed ,giving an im pression that th erepor t was im macul a te?

The President-General shouldmake it clear if he stood by Co n­gress principl es and poli cy. or elseresign. It i'i with grea t pain tha t'J 'have 10 cuucise my leader, but

and take their sea ts.rThe pub­lic and pressmen strain to iden­trfy leading counsel in theirblack robes and white bibs. .The Clerk of the Court opensthe proceedings in both officiallanguages, and the prosecutorexplains the absence of someof the accused: the ones whoare ill, and cannot come; theman who is 'in custody' at PortElizabeth-but someone blun­dered and failed to deliver himfor the trial; the man who'missed the bus.'

THEY ARE UNITEDThe rest of the 92 accused

are sitting in rows on benches,closer together than ever be­fore. Indian, European, Afri­can, men and women. Allaround is apartheid and thesharp division by notice and byorder-black this way. whitethat.

BUT HERE. 1;"11 THISCOURT. ONCE AGAINTHESE 92 ACCUSED DEM­ONSTRATE SO VIVIDLYTHE TRUTH FOR WmCHTHEY S T AN D. THEYWORKED TOGETHER FORJUSTICE AN D EQUALRIGHTS FOR ALL, RE-GARDLESS OF COLOUR.THEY ANSWER THECHARGES SIDE BY SIDE.UNDIVIDED. AND SOTHEY WILL BE. TO THEBITTER END.

The formalities are over, anddefending counsel rises to hisfeet. The court is hushed. SouthAfrica's treason trial has begun.

of religious atmosphere. In thecourtyards, On different sides(everything is strictly dividedinto 'European' and 'Non-Euro­pean') are waiting rooms forwitnesses, interview rooms,lavatories; inside, there is aformal atmosphere about theold building, with its high nar­row galleries, ornate columnsand fancy mouldings. Thewhole place contrasts sharplywith our memories of the DrillHall, which was just one bighall where alI were massed to­gether. and where casualnessand informality prevailed, andmuddle and inefficiency charac­terised the police. Perhaps thatwas why some treated thewhole case as a big joke.

It is no joke, and that mustbe plain to all.

But soon there is a sound ofsinging, we look up-the buseshave arrived! The songs, theraised thumbs, the spirit ofcourage and unity. all thisarrives with the accused intheir huses, just as it camewith the kwelas that morningmore than a year and a halfago when they were firstbrought from the prisons to thecourt.

The spectators pack the pub­lic galleries. white along oneside, non·white on the other.The press gal1eries are allpacked. The spectators arehigh above the well of thecourt. and they stand and craneto see what is going on.

The red-robed judges file in

From Hilda Watts

PRETORIA.pERHAPS we only imag-

ined it, but there seemedto be an air of expectancyas we drove into Pretoria,as though this calm civil­service town wasalerted forthe big trial. We did notneed to ask the way to theOld Synagogue. We simplyfollowed the cIusterings ofkha ki unifonns. Where theywere thickest, that was theplace.

Two queues had formed out­side the iron gates-white andblack. At the head of onequeue was Ida Mtwana, for­merly one of the accused, whohad waited since before six inthe morning so that she wouldbe sure of a place inside. Peo­ple stood in groups around thebuilding, but the greatest acti­vity centred around the pressrepresentatives and camera­men. There were masses ofthem. One man had three diffe­rent cameras slung round hisneck. The newsreel people werebusy. They did not want tomiss the important people. Thelegal representatives were thecentre of attention fOJ a while,then they went inside and thenewsmen scuttled around else­where.

Inside and out, the OldSynagogue bears not a vestige

Seeing EyePresent in court on Monday,

when the two judges dealt with theapplication for their recusal, wasMr. John Vorster, M.P. for Nigeland a member of the Johannes-

~h:gn~~r ·~i~st~r t~f~~s~rces~~~utJ he had been acting with the know- Justice makes this. kind of state- recalled the 1954 case, he said. but Lunch was provided by theSwart succeed Strijdom as Premier. lefdgJe a!ld ap~ov~1 ';If thd ~mlstel ment

dand allows It to go uncor- hadd forg1t~ the f~cts until re- ~::t¥:~a~~~~: ;~~~ei~r::~

.wa~M~. yor~ter on "the spot as ~ent ~sr~~~~utio~ .1~s~ltute t e pre' ~~~I~~. certain consequences must ~~;r, e~h~re ~~ ~~ffici~~~Y ·ov~~~~ . grounds of tbe rectory of Rev.

~~I: p~~~~naii;In~v:yeMrSOS~:~th: Mr. ,r irow (rising q~ ick ly . to his Mr. Pirow Silent ping in the two cases for the fear I Mark Nye, chai rm an of the

picture of the court pro~eedings? ~~~!.ng~~ ~~nI~~h °tfhi~us~~~s~~~ M~Sk;rroi\~ h~a~~d ,~r~hi~~e~luJ~~ ~~I~h~h:th~S~~~W ~~ ~i:se~n~e:;l~~; ~~ftt~e:i·anOCo~~~:~~esw:~~~* * * 'IOn. from saying anything. I wish I were thc accused. serving the accused, and (right)

Minister's Advocat e Then- not." On the defence objection that he the Rev. Nye with (backs to

DI A Ie .e Judg e Now Mr. Justice Rumpff said the had been associated with the Na- the camera) Mr. Moses KotaneeeDCe pp Ica Ion The facts in the background of newspaper reports were incorrect. " I tlO~alIst Party, Mr. Ludorf said Mr. and Prof. 1~~:h~:~/urinJl the

Wh~ the Treason Trial opened ~~~: f~,:~~:n:: j~~U~9~; t~:rTr~~~ ::~[ o[~~~~~n~~1ea~~~s . ?~~~~!; ~~~~~~ ~~~ f~~~~~f:: ~~~t ~~~ 11- -1

~~ F:~~a~~:ut~~St ~pet~~:ta~~ ~h~ so~J~~\~i~e~r·e~~ili~~s~d in the ~~~~d h~~ ~oe ~~d=~i1y ~~uJ~ sno~~er ~~~hn~~u~7evi~0~~lOa~V~~t ~~rt~ni~~J . . .Crown ~se. The prose~ul1on s sur- minds of the accused at least is that The case was then adjourned till Party, Mr. Strauss, Mr. De, VI1!lers application for his own recusal werepnse ~ltness! the Polish Roman the Minister of Justice (for that Monday to enable the judges to Graaff and even Mr. Paton s Libe- that he had. rec0'!1mended Mr. Jus­CatholIc. pn est . Father Joseph case was his case) has appointed as consider the applications for re- ral Party. nee ~udorf knowing that he shouldBochenski, who .IS guarded night one of the judges in tbis case bis cusal. It was not necessary for him to not SIt.and day by Special Branch men as advocate in that case. ~cal with these grounds of obje~- Mr. Justice Rumpff then madet~ough he we!e 10 dange r of assas- "Mr. Ludorf should therefore in J d 'R I non , but he told the co urt that It the statement denying that he hadsmation, sat Just behind the tables law recuse himself. U ges ep y th~se ~ad been the sole grounds of recommended Mr. Justice Ludor!

ofT~~o~:o;:~l:l;ies were crowded, th~'1~e;~u~1 ~he d~~~~;~dtOt~:r t~:~ On Monday the crowded . court ~~~:~tl~~~~f.wou ld, not have re- :rJth~ ~~~i~~i~~dyofb~hrs ~~~~~.d ~~the flash bulbs outside were con- will not get a fair trial is an un- fila~ ~gog a~ the red-robed Judges Mr. Justice Rumpff said he added:

~~~~I~nt~f~~~t~~~1 ~~i~S ~~sp~i~~ re~?~~t~l~ ~ft~· this is aoother mat. /e~us~11 ~gp~:i~~~lr "" to " ~~~~~~t L~;or~u~hJ~f~onno~h~~t ~:: ba:~dh~nf~:on~fin~:~:~i::~1 h~::were pr~sent. . . . ~~p~:n~~;c~~P\h~ b~e~~~h~h:d{ud~~ wi~~r~i:~~t~l~ a~~::o~ a:e~~~e~a rl~ ~~~S~?~is~e~d i~ct~~e a~r~~i~~~e\~~~ ~~ ~~ic~o~~:i:~c~OI~~: t~ef~~tat~e:

Mr. Pirow, in a strained croaking politics. In an ordinary case the morn109 formalities were over. He was correct. The grounds for the application for recusal,"

C~~~!se~n~~~~~~~~hfO~aili~s C~o~~ ~~~tl~~~i~~ ;t:;y ~~n~~~uj~~r Irr~=====~~======~~=====~=~~~==~and then sat down. "But this is not an ordinary case.

Mr. Maisels rose to do the same It is a ~~se of Treason, where law

~~r ~~kede~C~r:rri~ti~he~p;~g;tl~~ an~E~~~~~i;n}~s~ak:~t.to your . pri-for the recusal of two of the three v~te asso ciat ion as a lawrer. In ajudges. He, and he alone, domi- dir ectl y relat.ed case, but It IS my

~:~ed the proceedings on that first ::~ a~tiv~e~~~~i~rua:~c~~~~ ~v~::. the political party against whom

Mr. Justice Ludorf should recuse and whose polici~s the accused arehimself, said Mr. Maisels, because ~lIeged to have directed .stroni andhe had been an advocate for the Intemperate attacks, which attacksMinister in a 1954 case in which are part of the allegation of Trea-

~~~:a~~si;\~:s~~e~~~ec~~~~eIY the sO~T~a~~~u~~mie~r,. and it is 0C?tunreasonable as this IS not an ordi-

Dealing with the 1954 case, Mr. nary case, that Your Lordship, withMaisels stressed that an affidavit the best wiII in the world, as oneplaced before the court at the time actively concerned with supportingby Brigadier C. I. Rademeyer, then this party, may not be able to takeAssistant-Commissioner of Police a completely dispassionate view ofand head of the C.I.D., stated that the conduct of the accused."

Justice Rumpii Too

Cape pr~i~in~j~~e~~ ~~~J::'f::s::~m~~He referred to the debate in Par'

A.N.C. Conference ~~eme~~;~~~el~fs~Jio ~h~o vS~i:C~~1PORT ELIZABETH. Court. According to reports in Die

There is a general feeling of ~h~rgr~n~ieD;r~ns~~if' t: ~1~i~t~~optimism here that the Conference of Justice had told the House thatof the ANC (Cape) which takes after discussing the appointment ofplace at Paarl on August 16 will judges with the Judge Presidentpave the way for a fresh and more Mr. Justice Rumpff had been ap­determined effort to undertake the pointed to preside over the treasontasks that lie ahead. The conference trial and he had then asked Mr.follows after one that took place Justice Rumpff to recommend twoearlier in the year at which a deci- other judges to sit with him.sion was taken to elect a Caretaker The Hansard report version saidCommittee. This was done to save the Minister had consulted Mr. Jus-~f~n ~~:~~~naJ~~~ i~hiliec~~~~~ tice Rumpff on the appointments.

of the then Provincial Executive. ac;~~:t~h~tit~~~Ii:il~~~ ~a:h:The rank and file are determined party to the appointment as a judge

to raise the organisational level of ill this case of tbe Minister's advo­the ANC, and they state that they c~te in. a case in wbich you pre­are going to Paarl to enSure that s!ded, 10 matters where tbe allega-

f~~pe:n:.te)~ i~e e~p~~~eJo ':~thi~~ tJo'~H::r~o:e J.~m~~ok?"majority of branches from the Mr. Justice Rumpff: What if theentire Eastern Cape will be repre- facts are different?seilted ~t the Conference, at which Mr. Maisels: I would still ask forthe President-General will preside. your recusal. If the Minister of I L;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;;;;;;;====;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;=====~

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Judges Ludorf and Kennedy, "myattitude was one of indifference. Iwas never asked to nominate or reocommend nor did I recommend Mr.Justice Ludorf or Kennedy."

As to the press and Hansard re­ports, said Mr. Justice Rumpff."wha!ever was said by the Ministerit is D;lY duty to state the facts tothe accused, I repeat I did not reocommend the appointment of Justices u40rf or Kennedy."

Only the Minister can now d ealup this conflict in evidence. The in·terests of justice demand that heshould make a statement at theearliest possible opportunity.

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THEY TOLDTHE CONGRESS

THE PLANThe three. main provisions of

(be Na tional Council's planare:

1. Th at Basutos should 2()V­ern tbeir own country.

2. That Basutoland shall notbe incorporated into theUnion.

3. That there shall be nocolour bar or discrbnina­tion of any kind in Ba­sutoIa nd.

"We of the Basutoland Congresswish to give this report a fair trial.It falls short of our demands botwe sha ll try it out with the hopethat the British will agree to deve­lop it."

M r. Mokhehle quoted the words

A. HUGE and enthusiastic meetiug of the Basutoland~ National Congress at Maseru recently greeted the pro­posals for constitutional reform for Basutoland.

The news of the meeting spread like wildfire among Basutos inthe Urnon who hired buses to be in Maseru for the meeting. FromSprings to Pimv ille, Bloem fontein to Buth a Butha, men and womenflocked to the meetin g despite short notic e.

N~~;msr~~~;rtes~f ~~~ ~~~t~~t IiF.=::S:::~~~~~~~~hehle, in an exclusive int erviewwith New Age. said of the reportfor constitutional reform:

Congress Says: "Weshall Givethis Report a Fair Trial"

Lead ersColoured

In his left hand the President of the Basutoland National Congres, Mr. Ntsu Mokhehle , holds the

CH AM OUN 'S SUCCESSOR ~:~tit:ti~~~~ fR~f~~~r~~C;:~::dB~u~~:altas~J:~~~: ii~C~~~~;h~h~lD:a::~o~=~lo~~ti~::t~~n::~:.rtM:.In the Lebanon it appears that Mokhehle told New Ajte: "The Basuto shall govern themselves . • Forwards ever, backwards never

pro-American Pr~ident-on-the- .•• We shall give this repo rt a far tria l.

~1~1~f;\s~~~~~'ft i~S s;~~oJ~~fl-------------------------------

t~ba~~~~~~o;~~l~~~~ h:rhr::s ~~ "Bloomberg Does Not Speak For Us"once vent ured from his palacesince th e reb ellion began against ------ ----------- - -------his dictat orial rule in May .

Whatever slight popular backingChamoun ever had vanished assoo n as Amer ican troops trod onLebanese soil. .Indeed, the trooplanding had quite the opposite

effect to that intended-instead of Rd' Th -Ch . h d t of Lord Harlec h in 1943 : "To havehf~PJ'e~:rti:e fr~~o~~~ ~~n~~tene epu Ia eelr laws withou t power to change those Mr . Kokomoha Seiso came from

The President-elect, Army Com- laws is tyran ny." Semonkoog, right in the heart of

mhaasndaeSry-inet-Cnhio'tefmadFeuhal~S ownShephaolbl·~ \ \ R t t- II FE AR OF INCORPORATION the Malotsi mo unta ins, to express

sen a (VeS The immens e enthu siasm for the his suppor t for Basuto self-gov-

~~~r~~wie~d~;' ~.Ch"a~o~i~,p~:~ epre I d~~~:o~t~h~~~~P s;: r ~~eB~~~: emment.at the same time he refused to en- land of incorp oration by the Uniongage his troops in battle with the and the oppo sition and dislike ofrebels. CAPE T OWN. airing their own opinion and no t Iin parti cular. There has never been colou r bars and discrimin at ion of

is T~is :\1~:u::t ::::eif,h :: W~~~k ~f t~~lo~~~tia~~~f::;I~~~~~ ~J :~:ris~~~le they are .up- ~~n_~~~~~~~;l y~~~hat~;~ t~~ ~l~ any kind.real ises that in order to maintain perf orma nces. of the Co loured "I challenge them to call a pibllc will no t provide any either, It IS Basu tos also felt insecure a a

~::e ~:UI:~e~U~PO::o-twe::r:t~~~ ~~rir~~~~~~~v~~'~ ~e~~~x, B~~;~i_ meeting ~nd explain their actio~." re:i:litio~heo! l:;:rele~fn~o;~onmaj~i ~i~~~t a~~n~tn~:~gs~f Aireth~~~re~~o~It is silnificant too that his elec- ally Mrs: CISSY Gool, Ca pe Town~lt) recom".1endatlOns . of the Coloured scor es of other thing s had shaken

~~~ ::sd~:~~:de btha~h:t ~~~ • thei~', support for . the tra nsfer ~i~~~;~o~f w~~. s~fg~~t~~r~hfn'~~~ Educa tion Commission, bhye f~~:~~ :~~tt~ot.n administrationpave the way to ':e restoration of of vocat ional educat ion to. ~he Coloured elections: 'The Bill is the for eru nner ofpeace in tbe country and thus Dep artment of Col our ed Affairs; " I have no doubt the Colored ~~h:d¥~~S~A. tois th~~~lit:f;.m~~: an~~~re~~~~~U~~t B~~i1~tt~~~i~t ii~~compel the Americans to with- • Bloomberg's elegant tr ibute repre sent at ives did consult the posed to the . transfer of educ ati on hum an practi ces tha t value thedraw their troops. to Tom Na ude, on the Budget and peo'p1e who were responsible for of the African peop le to the colour of a man 's skin mor e than

The present alignment of forces his championing of the cause of the their elect ion, But they shoulr not N,A.D." a ma n's merits and his rights as a

~~u~t~y~e~~~~e~t sl~:~~~~ ~~h t~~ big cap ita lists; and finally ~~r~sm.e ~hli~. one section on mat- M r. Georg e G oldi ng, Presiden t of human being. "

~~~g:raWsin~,an~~~anco~~~sa~ft~~ m~ts~~~p:~~t?~b~~r~~[!~~~ ~~t~~~ " The vast majority of thi ning ~~ion~Oloured Peop le's National I---------

the fashio n of Austria. tnmt~~cMid~r: E~~~~sh imper ialists ~;;~~~~d t:e~~e C~~~ur::m~~ "NO COMMENT." (C~lItillued f ro m previous column)

I RAQ'S FUTURE Last week New Age interv iewed Dth~partmtednt al!dh

lYant to haveno- Sheik Ebr ahim Hen dricks, Imam Athmelferl'casnuP),PnOterrtvenftOI'orn I'nthtehe MAnl'dgdlOle-As for Iraq, the revolutionaries a number of Col ou red leaders 109 0 0 Wit It. U' u ...

have tri umphed. London and repr esen ting a cros s-sectio n of " I stand for equality of rjhts of the Azza via Mosque and a spon - East.Washington h ave has tily dropped op inion T his is wha t they had to and service. We feel that C...D . CO:lo~r~r~I:~ti~~~erg in the recent "A t the time. of the Briti sh and ,_the threats of invasion, and ha ve say: is designed to foist apartheid .on French aggre ssion against Egyptnow blesse d the . new regime with M r. J imm y la Guma, Pre sident, the Coloured peo~le and anyung " My heart and soul are with over the Suez Canal, I together withrecognition, hoping to save what South African Colou red People'« that extend s the influence of t~e the people of the Middl e East who othe rs, con vened a monste r rallythe y can from the wreckage. Organi sation: C.f\ .J? shoul d be opposed In are stru ggling against op pression. 1 where well over 1,500 peo ple

The old feudal base for the "We were not consulted by an y princ iple. condemn all interference in the ir stro ngly cond emned the imperialistopera tion of imperialism in Iraq of the C oloured Representatives on " I think the Coloured repnen- affairs. invasion. T here is no dou bt thathav ing been swept away, the West the transfer of vocational educa- tatives who voted for the trasfer " I am against the transfer of the people feel exactly the sameno doubt hopes to establish a new tion to the Coloured Affairs De- of vocat ional education _ to the vocational education of my people this time."base amongst the Iraqi bourgeol- partm ent. We will have nothing to C.A.D . were qui te wrong . I'he to the C.A.D. I regret the stand " Who did Mr. Bloomberg and

:~~~tth:e::~~:~t ~hev:~w b~::d fh'e ~~t~Sf:;eWh9~Dwea~~ns~~~~e~~ ~o;~~i~:ntia~fli~Je:s t~~ceCol~~~J ~~;~~rt~Xg \~ee g~~~:~~e~ef~"th\~ ~~cati~~~ylt ae~°:C~tf~~ trat~Sfer th~coah~lon of forces. As the threat step fu rt her toward s transferr ing all youth, could do Just as much ith - transfer. I was not consulte d by Coloured Affairs Oepa rtment? I

~~e d:;~g~:t~~e:~taili~ r:::i~: C?~gtl on to the despised an d hated f:: ~~~8 )hrOUgh the chann: ol them." :~ac~r~~n~he°IT~::~n~entthi~;a~~:

r::::.mgs IS hkely to become in- ric~M~.ur~l~o~~er~~d;~ead!~~te t~~ Mr. Ali Fataar, general secrary, M~[~m~~a~~r.Gierdien, prominent Educa tion." .

Yet whoever succeeds in this most d isgusting. He seems to have Teachers' League of South Afl:a: "It is disa iointin tha t tw of Dr. R. E. v, d. Ross told Newstruggle at any pa rticular stage , forg otten overni ght who he is sup- "The move to place vocatma l the COlourelke res~ntatives ~ith- Age that the. Teachers' Educ ationalthere IS J.lo. doubt that the defeat posed to represent : an opp ressed, education for the Coloured tder in the first mo~th of their ap- and ProfeSSIonal ASSOCiation had

~t~~~~~:~dnro~efh~s~~~s aorfh~ do.~~od'i:~r~~~_~~~~%~e~eoP:t~te_ ~~~io~~DbU~s ~~eci~~o~~t ~~qi~~: ~arance in the H? u: e, should ~~b~~~~t~ti~~lt~i:tit t~heC~:~~~f:rI!aqi peop~e. stru2~lin2 for the men ts on the Middle East are com- ments, and th e decision of th e i~g~e ofu~h~~e~6ns~fi~~n:s th;a~;I~- of voca tiona l . tr~ining. T. E.P. A.nght to enJoy the benefits of the plete ly opposed to our stand on Government to con trol the fiG' of 'would be consldenng the matter atrich oil deposits in their land. this ques tion. Thes e gentleme n are the Coloured youths to the lrms (Continued in next coillmn) an executive meeting thi s week-end. Mr. A. P. Pbo ofolo speaks.

"LOVE IN THE ARENA"Nevert heless, Dulles is still

stalling, and preparing for what hehopes will be just a slangingmatch betwee n America and theSoviet Union.

The mo st biting comment onWashington's insistence on havingthe conference held as a mere en­larged mee ting of the U.N . Se-cunty Counci l, comes fromFrench Pre mier Charles deGaulle: "The U.N. is a forum, anarena. You do not make love-orsettle international problems-ina public foru m."

Also ask ing the question whenthe Americans will clear out ofthe Middle East are the peop le ofthe Leba non and of Iraq.

that such a conference takes place.This emerges from a nation­

wide surv ey conducted by the ex­treme right-wing magazine U.S.Newswee k, which reports that themajority of Americans supportU.S. participation in such a con­ferenc e. "And they are hopeful,"the magazine adds, "that somegoo d will come of a top-level con­ference-if only a clearing of theair."

The communique's rene wed at­tack on re visionism shows too thatthe Chines e and Soviet leaders feelthat the peace of the world canonly be guaranteed by the finnunity of the socialist coun tr ies,which uni ty will be in tum thebedrock on which the world-widemov ement for peace and nationalindep endence will be based.

TITO'S PLAN?In this connection it a ppe ars

that Tito has different ideas. The reare persistent reports tha t theYugos lavs are preparing for a"Summit meeting" of neutralistnations with a view to form ing athird bloc in worl d affa irs. Mem ­bers of this bloc woul d be suchcountries as India, Yu goslavia, theUnited Ar ab Republic, Gha na andIndonesia .

The solidarity and calm of thesocialist leaders stands in strikingcontrast to the atmosphere ofpanic that surrounds everyt hingthe Ame ricans and the ir alliesha ve been doing in connectionwith the Middle East .

The pic ture painted in Americannews mag azines of the landing ofU.S. Marines in the Le ban on istruly horrifying. We are to ld ofGenerals and Admirals ru nningthe show, informing the polit iciansin Washington only af ter th e eventof what they have done . .Th e land­ings in the Lebanon are boas tfullytreated for what they truly are­large-s cale military operat iorucondu cted by trigger-happy mili­tar ists.

INEXPENSIVE!A typical comment of one of

these gentlemen: let's ha ve ashow down now, before the Rus­sians bu ild up too great a lea d inmilita ry technology. And to allaythe fear s of the U.S. taxpayercomes th is statement: "As long aswe are not chewing up a ny inven ­tory in a shoot ing war, the addedcoct is slight whether the men a rein Leba non or North Carolina."

Fort unatel y, however, th eAme rican taxpayer seems to betaking a more serious view of thesituation.

De spite Dulles' unh idden desireto avoi d a Summ it confer ence, towhich he is being pushe d by Bri­tain and F rance, the A mericanpeople arc firm in the ir dem and

"}I AN, this place sure beatseverything (or pretty

women," said a young Ameri­can marine in the Lebanesecapital Beirut. "But what Iwant to know is, when are wegoing home?"

So reports the latest issue ofthe Amer ican magazine News ­week .

The unnamed American soldieris no t the only one asking thi squesti on. N ehm must have hadthis question at the back of hismind when he grimly warned onSunday that be was beginning todoubt whether anybody could con ­trol event s th at might lead up toa third world war.

Kh ruschov and Mao Tse-tungmust also have been asking them­selves this quest ion when theymet last week in Peking to discussthe latest trends in tbe interna­tional situation.

M. AND K.Although it was Khruschov's

dramatic calling for a SummitConference which prevented theimperialist intervention in theMiddle East from precipitating aworld war, the communiqueissued by the Soviet and Chi neseleaders mad e it clear that this So­viet initiative should not be re­garded as a sign of weakne ss onthe part of tlie Social ist countries.

In no uncert ain terms the jointsta tement warned the West that inany world war <it would be thesocial ist force s that would emergetriumphant. In equa lly clearterms, however, the communiqueshowed that the leade rs of the twolargest socialist count ries are stillhopeful that a direct conflict be­tween East and West can beaverted by negotiations at theSummit.

As a resul t of this meetin gKhruschov can now attend a Sum­mit meeting armed with the know ­ledge th at he has full Ch inesesup port for the stand he in tendsto take up. And the world hasbeen shown that even if theAmerican farce of not recognisingthe Chinese Government prevent sthe leaders of the world's largestnation from bein g at a Summitconference, the Chinese peoplewill be represent ed the re throughKh ruschov himself.

Crown Decide Notto Call Lutuli

JOHANNESBURG.Chief A. J. Lutuli, president

of the African National Con­gress, was subpoeaned by theCrown last week to give evi­dence in the trial of 23 Con­gressmen charged with incite­ment arising out of the pre­election demonstrations andstay-at-home.

Chief Lutuli had his legalrepresentative with him in~ourt! .but after some seemingIDdeCISlOn the Crown decidednot to call Chief Lutuli anddischarged him as a witness

Chief Lutuli told New Age:"I had no intention whatsoeverof 2ivin2 evidence."

NEW AGE, THU RSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958

"Get Out of the Middle EastI"

CONGRESS.DEPUTATIONTO U.S. EMBASSY

INCREASES FOR PROVINCIALC CILLORS "A SCANDAL"

-Turok. (~APE TqWN. year the SUI/day Expres« exposed

A~a~~~~~~~~s p~\~~~ a~fm~~ti~~ ~~i~:~eessMi~is~~~:'eSthein~~~ii~fer t~fincreases for themselves while re- Native Affairs and other ministers."fusing wage increases to the Mr. Turok quoted Prof. Sadie ofpoorest workers and depriving their Stellenbosch to show how Afri­children of school feeding was kaner capital in commerce and in­voiced by Mr. Ben Turck, African's dustry had increased since the war.Representative for Cape Western, MISUSE OF POWER

in .!!;1/~~~~r c~~~tC,~f~~i~ . ~:~vi:' ~i~i bi~~h i~i~~o~o~i~u~~v~fce o~e~ob -Councl!!ors ~llo~a~i: i; sa ;:~~~~~ .he Nationalist Party to ~ain ec:'~--i::\v~:a::ld~o~cillor does not Ilom~c I?ower. 1}1is em~rgin~ moneydeserve this allowance for attend- f:S~i~~~'; combined with a vancmg109 about four weeks of session a Announcing that he had to leave

year. LOOKS UGLY :~as~e~si~ial~n M~~eTt:r~t~~i~ : the"He does not do a full time job "The eyes of the world are on

as far as the Council is concerned. this country. It is not I who will beThe joint African and Indian Congress delegation that protested last week to the United State! Em. All councillors have jobs outside on trial but the Nationalist Govern-bassy against American troop landings in the Middle East. From left to right, Mr. Y. Putini, Mr. S. the Council. From the point of View ment , The policies for which I

Sall.l', Mr. T. NImbi. of the ordinary employee of the stand are the only ones acceptableProvincial Administration who to the world and those which willearns less than £60 and has been finally be accepted in South Africafighting for an increase, this in- as well."crease of the c oun cillors looks1---------­very ugly.

Mr. J. N. Malan (Nat., Humans­dorp) : Will you accept yours?

Mr. Turok: Yes I will, but I in·tend to give the whole of myallowance to the Congress move-ment.

"This increase amo unts to self­enrichment by those who hold theProvince's purse strings. Since theNats. came to power there has been

JOHANNESBURG. "Well, we don't know much of the correctness of the American a steady increase in self-enrich-

LAf~~mwe::e a1f: d~~g:~~oa~ ab~~t A~:tt'''th~as~~eri~~~' officials sta.~~~na:~en;te~~~~Ced," said the ~~n~n~:t~~~n t~e~ro~~~~~lm~::tfo:grUSCand the SI~UJh Afri~~~ f~;~res~~aIn ~g:y Le~~~on~o If v~h~i~ :~e~:~es~i~~o~e~a~el~DP:tr::~ £5~~~. self-enrichment does notUni~~ S~~KI"~baC:s/ in P~etoria actions were motivated by ulterior United Nations observation team- only apply to 1'!ationali~ts a~ rnem-

:01:~2~e~~~~s~::a~~~ ~~: ~~~: ~~d;~e~~~~n~~~:: ;~~~c~~v~o~: ~':~~ide intervention was nn- ~n~~ ~~ei~eg~~~~~~: 1~~e~le~~o~t f~~~d~ East. P pames have vast 011 shares. Later r _

Mr. Y. Putini, leader of the dele- they admitted that the oil-pipe-lines

fti'¥'~m~~o tg:puli.N~C.foSe~:ia~~ pass throUg~~~Jl~~on.

~~~gl ,~~ct ah~~te~~~t ~r~~r~~ ra~~; 'ih~. ~!~c~;~nali~ relI~~:~:~by the S.A.LC. dUfl!lg the Tlsm~ In 19, 6 ~s a JU5tl-

The American diplomatic s~aff fic~~~n d~l~ ~~i~~ O~rnt~h~~'t that .~as ~epresented by five officials at the timegCongre~s issued a state- • HOW CRAZY • • . with the unconscl~u~ hope that An Ih G Iincluding Drs. Macrea and Snyder ment although there were only I'VE ot a horrible thought that . they could ~ the.lr. mfluence on 0 er OV.and C~:k:;l~~ PEACE scanty and. obviously biased press it's ioing to start .all over again. I thD~N;PLi~mlS~~iuJDOM Ch· I Sh

reports available. In the case of the The same old routine of the pre- EITHER, BUT CAN'T WE REo Ie 01 Dead~~~y ~~t~heen~:D~~~:~~ ~t ~~: ~~~~~~ionin~~~~:~n 'clea~~Th::e ~i:~~ elliaemi~:::n~dmfua:' s~: ~:MBrii~ T2G;~Jlm,::~l¥:present Middle East crisis which was the report of the United it could be tbe Drill Hall all over AS WE CALL" IT NOW WAS SO PORT ELIZABETH.

~~~.tuted a serious threat to world N~.~~~ldobse~~i~~~~ teai~ ' against Sa::~id Sergeant Davidson is back BUILT UP ON THE BLOOD ~~;e%~~~r~~oge, ~~~t{oun:The presence of U.S. military America on this issue," said Putini. to help us to our seats. ' 'Will you ~~S SWEAT OF US NlG- dead In Peddle last week . with

forces in the area was deplored. "What do you mean by world all be seated? W're going to take· bullet wounds. A revolver IS re-The statement pointed o~t th~t not opinon? Do yo~ mean Iraq, the roll call. Will Wou all pi se • YOU •• ' . ported to have been found near

fh~yuwni:e:u~atio:P~h:;~:ti::. i~ ~~~~~ (D~.dM~~~~)~? " asked an ~~be~king~leaseillsit ~~~ BUJa~h~r::~tWr;:ht;~~~e~~~~~ hlsH~o~~appeared from his homehad been carried out m disregard of "No amount of force can stop He deserves a special Treason makes me wonder whether ~ts on Ju ly 23 and the police startedthe reports of the U.N. observation the nationalism of a people deter- Trial Campaign Ribbon. worth aJ! the Parly's effo~ts trymg mvestigatmg hIS absence on the

~~j:ld~:heo~~d ~~7io:a=:: ~~e~u\ini~nm~e~i-tf~~~~~ment" said A~~c::::S, 'c~~C:tes befor:n:ve-:;'~ ~ey:::v~:~e~o~~~~nt~lc;;.is t~:~ ~~I~~wi~~sdar~u~woo~a~~~at:~a~:~ta':h-<;~A~~~~ had. the right to self- tw~W~orl~e:ari~~drf~~ C~~ld h~~: AI~'S?:~n't mind. But if they T~bh~gL'rilclS:: LEVEL OF la~~~ Native Affairs Departmentdet~rmmatIon , said the statement, dominated the whole world if we start trotting out those clickswith THE HONOURABLE MEMBER appointed Sontwayimba after thewhich als? backed the proposal for had intended to," replied the offl- their indecipherable notebooks FOR WOLMARANSSTAD WAS late Chief Ndlovu Msutu had beena summit meeting between the cial, and that long parade of docu- banished. The chief died in exileleaders of the four great powers to "Congress is interested in world meats, then I shall seriously have on a farm in the Vryburg district.

help to~~~~ns~LY ~:~~d"~osal~~v~e delegates and pre- ~~~oDSider resigning from this * ~~;ofe~oP:heinn~~e :hief.svi~~~oo~~Il-In reply the American officials CALL AGAIN AND DID I REALLY SEE SER· ment and, to show their utter dis-

~~~:~ ~~o~~t:~ti~~ 0fn~~~~~f~~ coJl~e al~~~~ISca~~idw~~~ev;~nfh~:: ~~::l P~~SS1~~~c;. ~ By ALEX fi~if;.al, ""?" him and h~SAmerica was a great custodian of was any matter they Wishedto dis- TER COURT TO LISTEN ON A~ the t~e of the funeral of h!s

?~t~~i~~~: ~~:y a:~~:s had peaceful cU¥h;t~I:~eh~~ed that they had •~~~T DAY? LA GUMA f~cl~~i ;:Sle~o ~~:~~~J, a.~~insfu~:~acc~~Ii~~o~~I~~~~,t~asM~~~~~ i~~~~ managed to convlOCe the delegatIon Lo~~creso;:rfi:eo~~o~~~~~: * ~~~t , y~:~~u:~a~:sh~o~i~ 1~~~S~t~~~by the actions of "ambitious were scanning so excitedly I dis. the funeral at which thou~ands ofNasser." If America had not in- Cape Town Mass covered that they were Prince E people from far .and Wide hadtervened Nasser's men would have Charles fans. He'd just bee I given AS HIGH AS A POSTst~_ gathered to ,pay tnbute to a mantake~ over in the Lebanon and Meeting on Sunday the handles of Prince of Wales, ~~~D "'=T ~OVERN- who had enjoyed popular support.

~u~h~nMY~tf.~~ ~~t~~d have landed All Congress supporters are ~~ ~i~e~ea:s~~~ga~~ :,:is:;:'~ ~Nlo~~WKr J~U~g w~f~Vlo;ftio~~~I~ ~~~ ~~~ fJr~~~th~heth~epV~~~nS:~~:t~~~GeA~r~r~ G::~d tOp::~d~~ ca~eti¥~w~~ t~~ :~~r \teYpo::reEl:l:'~:;:o= O.B.M.S. ~to~Ot~l~ ~~~S~~JlI~bh:lld~~~·. Itreport had stated that no troops Sunday August 10 called by the did the army have to get him? • GET? The funeral, like that of Jama

~:(eA~eeer1~: ~~d t~till \~~~nit~:~ ~~ft:e ~e:~~~ssC~~s~~li~::ityC~m; Ina~:.:~~bi~c:~~~:::ef::=~ Ta::~'~h: r:::::er:f ~:~~~ ~Jo~i~e~~;~~ .fe~ f~~~~h~h~tg~ei~troops there. our leaders on trial for treason. dom kind, the feudal trappinp stipuIat~d that at least one the .same dlstnct, was ~ttended ~y

The official's reply was that Mr. Congres~ will also take this op' that still dangle in the eyes of double·decker bllS be provided for offiCIals of the Native AffausHammersjold bad toured only one portunity to state is belief in the the pukka Englishers stand out the ' transIHlrtation of the ac- Department.section of the Lebanon. right of all peoples to self-determi- like boils on a blonde's back. «:used... The police are carrying out in-

"But his report stated that the nation as set down in the Freedom There are still Jots of B IN CASE ANY OF THE EURO- tensivc investigations and somesituation there was an internal Charter. We say to all the big even among us poor blacks who PEANS AMONG THEM people, including relatives and aaffair," insisted the Coniress dele- powers, "Hands off tbe Middle insist on pictures of the royal WISHED TO AVAIL THEM- son of the late Chief Ndlovugation. East." famDy in their homes. prob:tbly SELVES OF APARTHEID!!! Msutu, have been detained.

goslav government refused even todiscuss the substance of the Sovietproposal, but in addition , on theYugoslav side entirely unfoundedallegations are being made thatthe Soviet Union has torn up theeconomic agreements with Yugo­slavia.

UNJUSTIFIEDMoreover, an attempt is being

made to cast doubts on the So­viet Union's fulfilment of its com­mitments under internationaltreaties.

" Observer" comments that theseattempts have no justification. Inits Note to Yugoslavia on May 27the Soviet Union pointed out thatSoviet organisations responsiblefor foreign trade could, shouldthe government of Yugoslavia sodesire, deliver to Yugoslav organi­sa tions equipment and industrialgoods and carry out projectingand other types of work within thelimits established in the agree­ments. not on a credit basis, how­ever, but paid for in accordancewith world prices or by way ofcurrent goods exchange.

T.G

CHINA'S GREAT-to IT YOUR~ELF"

CH:i~: f:rSg:~t roe:se~fe:el:;:rnent within the next decadeand a half , and the Chineseleaders are confident that itwill be reached. 1958 is theyear of the Great Leap For­ward and emboldened by thetremendous rate of progressalready achieved this year -theplans for the future have beenstepped up.

The slogan has changedfrom: Catch up with Britain in15 years 01' more, to: Catch up

wi!lb~r~ia~no~~s:fr.ri:r~h~tlfucpeople are being urged, as anew drive bas been unleashedto allow lor the greatest useof local initiative. Example ofan immediate target: 2.000,000

new factoriesthis year, somebig, mostlysmall, "Fromnone to some,small to big."

The face ofChina's coun­tryside is beingchanged as the"Milky Wa.y"of fa c t uri essprings up, andwith them anew sort of per­son is cominginto being - aworker- peasant,bridging thega p betweenagriculture andindustry.

Conservatismis being over­come in theChinese style-mas s debatefollowed byuniversal argu-ment. .

Comment i n g____..............~,iM1 0 11 China's

challenge, theLondon Time> says: "We bad better watch out. There may soonhe a dragon close behind us."

,_ The ahsve picture shows Mao Tse-tung, Chairmanor the Peopb's Republic of China, greeting Mr. DioufMbagny Fab', leader of a Black Africa Yo th delegationat present ona visit to China. The delegation is made upof youth laders from various territories in Frenchcolonial Ama.

lopment of the .hernical industryand the big capinl investments in­volved in this, he Soviet Unionhas found it ne essary to revisethe dates set fOJgranting creditsto Yugoslavia.

In taking tbis recision about thedates, the Soviet Union took intoaccount, Yugoshvia's statementsto the effect tlat relations be­tween the USSR and Yugoslaviashould be based on principles ofmutual benefit.

"MUTUALBENEFJT""Observer" g05 on to say that

it is clear from a study of thechanges proposel by the SovietUnion that they end to bring theterms of the agrernents nearer tothe principles or which mutuallybeneficial econonic or commer­cial deals are isually concludedbetween states.

Even with tbe zhanges proposedby the Soviet Laion, the Soviet­Yugoslav - econenic agreergentsdiffer considerally from agree­ments based on )UTely commercialrelations of munal benefit.

However. not mly has, the Yu-

THE Soviet Union has NOTgone back on its agree­

ment to give economic aid toYugoslavia.

This is stated in an articlesigned by Observer whichappeared recently in the Sovietnewspaper Izvestia. The articlewas commenting on charges madein the Yugoslav press that the So­viet Union was unilaterally abro­gating economic agreements en­tered into with Yugoslavia.

The article begins by referringto the exchange of Notes betweenthe two countries.

The Soviet-Yugoslav agree-ments, says Observer, were in thenature of disinterested unilateralassistance rendered by the SovietUnion to Yugoslavia on condi­tions exceptionally favourable toYugoslavia, but commercially un­profitable to the Soviet Union.

CHEMICAL INDUSTRYThe Soviet Notes point out that

at the present time, in connectionwith the decision recently taken inthe USSR to speed up the deve-

s. UNION HAS 10 EBACKo YDGUSL V AI

AGREE E T-

SABOTAGE

• Indigent and landless familieshave access to land previouslyowned by the Government.

• For the first time in India. theminimum wages of ngrieulturalworkers have been statutorilyfixed. Minimum wages have beenset in all industries with substan­tial increases recommended.

The police are no longer al­lowed to interfere with tbe tradeunions and people strugglin~ forimprovements. nor with the legi­timate activities of political par­ties (this gives all political partiesmore real democracy than theyhave ever had before).

Industrial disputes are to be set­tled when possible by mutualconsultation and negotiation (withequal representation).

• A network of fair price shopsand proper distribution of rice onfairer terms than ever before.

An antl-corruption departmentwhich investigates chames of cor­ruption and irregularities againstgovernment officials.

• Development of irrieation , navi­tron and other water resources.

Comoulsorv and free educationfor 1111 children within five years,

• Middav meals for primaryschoolchildren in three districtsand to be extended.

A UTILE over a year ago the • Development of technical educa- been helped develop small-seal.working people of Kerala-the tion by starting a new medical industries; machinery and lam

~;~:tted l~eC'~~m~=t:t J:ve'::.:'e-; :~oo~eanest::F~::f orl~:: have been acquired for a spinwith a slender majority, polytechnic in each district and ~~~~m~~ll; h~~~ b~e~Ub~i~e~or~

This .wa.s the first time in any 18 junior technical schools. labour contract societies; twenty

~g~ti~~sth~du~:~~ ~~~~e~h~o 1~~ • Ther~ is more religious freedom ~~~st~i~~lar societies have beer

~a?;itey~~ne~\h~i~~o:~es:b~fl~~ ~:I~i~~sa.~O~~~':I/aa~do~e~~~~~ Thciar~o~:~~: ifi:er::?oe:~ dbG~vernment .has been watched tive practices have been broken). work for its full five-year ternwl~h great interest throughout • Advisory committees on most of o~ce it will be able to shov

T~~ev~r~~·ct that this government :i~:e~=~~:~ not "stacked ~~H:r~~c~~~:r~iftt~ ~:~u~a~~:'bas been able to .withstand .the • ist system than any other staeconcerted attac.ks from ~II sides ADMITI'ED FAULTS government, with less eoerelm

f~ri~~I: th:~rfe~ ;~vi~~~e'i{~r:r: °1he Communist Party of Kcrala than any other state governmemgovernments could claim. openly admits that it has not

For the predicti.on~ were that it yet been able to tone up thewould fall WIthin a year-es- administration as much as de-pecially if pushed, And the push- Sired, cut through red-tapism,mg IS intensive, root out all official corruption

and increase official efficiencygreatly. But in all these faultsit is less culpable than any otherstate government.

Initial enthusiasm also gave rise tosome errors of judgment. Forinstance the government badplanned to start new modern in­dustrial units in the first yearbut this was not possible.

Nevertheless government aid hasbeen given to 63 industries;shares have been taken in indus­trial concerns by the state; sixnew industrial co-operatives have

HUNGARY: Raik'sWidow not on TrialT~~ H~fffci~lI~ N~~~o~;~;dthat no proceedings are in pro­cess against Mrs. Laszlo Rajk,widow of the forme r ForeignMinister, nor has she beenexecuted.

The statement said: "SomeWestern news agencies andradios have been spreading ru­mours that Mrs. Rajk andother persons have been sen­tenced to capital punishmentand executed in Hungary.

"Thes e falsifications abou tMrs. Rajk and other personshave no basis whatsoever, forthere are no police investiga­tions nor anv iudicial inquiryat all in process against Mrs.Rajk.

"The Western rumou rs havethe sa le aim of deliberatelymaintain ing and bolstering up,with fa lse informa tion the cam­paign which has been con­ducted against Hungary sincethe counte r-revolution."

_________ _ _ ________--=.N.:.:E:..:..:W~AG:::.:E=,......:T:.:H::U~RSDAY,AUGUSr 7, 1958

The widest array of peace fightersever assembled in one spot wereat. Stockholm for the Congress of

~hi~hma~~nt h~r3 ~~r g~-o~~:~\~hcapital last month .. The Congress was held by a spe­

cial broad committee set up forthe purpo se, and although it hadthe backing of the World PeaceCouncil, it was not held under itsauspices.

Messages ul SUPPOlt for the Con­gress poured in [rom leading per­sonalities from every continent, in­eluding a large number who hadnever associated themselves withpeace activity before.

ON TRIALThe South African delegate told

the conference that the National Employers hire armed thugs toChairman and eight officals of the provoke strife and frame-ups.S.A. Peace Council were amongst Attempts have been made tothe 91 persons facing a charge of murder Communists, to kidnaphigh treason. The activities of the their babies, to bribe them, toPeace Council were especially cited libel them and to discredit themin the indictment against them. in the eyes of the people.

She added : The Catholic hierarchy has formed. "Our potentialiti es are great and a group known as the Christo-III South Africa we are highly in- phers, who give direct aid to thedustrialised but Our resources seem employing and landlord class byalways to be used to inhibit the evicting peasants from lands theydevelopment of our people and not have tiIled for years, by prevent-to promote it. Our uranium is sold ing agricultural workers from 1---- - - - - - - -\\\

for warlike purposes. It does not entering fields for harvesting

~~~r;n ~~u~hs~ ~:~~re ~h~c~;Od~~~ ~~~ilbySC~~IA~:r~~: issa:~l~:e.used) News Flashesit. "We live under the shadow of B~~r:~r SP~~d of sa~~t~~:~p~~~abl~ The East German Governmentrace domination which is as evil in because of them to a large ex- is to make an all-out attempt toits own way as any nuclear weapon tent - the Communist Party has overtake West Germany in per onalbecause it corrodes the hearts of succeeded in breaking the barrier consumption by 1961.men; it destroys their will to co- between the Communists and theoperate; it robs their children of large mass of people belongingall these opportunitie s which would to other parties but having the The annual conference of thelea~ t? th~ peaceful fulfilment of same objective-socialism. ' 700!000 str~llg British Nationalthel.r lives; It sets one gro1;1P of men This is regarded by the Cornmu- Union of Mmew«;Jrkers resolved toagainst . anothe~ and It breeds nists as their greatest achieve- oppose the granting of perrmssionanta~omsm which may grow to menlo but it is inseparable from for th.e bl;lldlO~ of. Ll.S. rocket-warhke proportions. the legislative reforms of the launching sites m Britain,

"I speak from experience and Government. I

~h~~ tb~:e ~::rtbew::n p~ac~el~:~~ LEGISLATION More than 13,000 sugar workersthis shadow lies." in Hawaii won a great victory

THOMPSON'S MESSAGE Tn brief. here are a few of 'these when their 126 day day long strike

.: ~~~sa;; [~~~c~~~~t'w~~o~~d legislative measures : ~h~ C~~~:~ ta~tu~~ti~I. ended wjth

to ~~~o;oc~lft~~ of St. Paul's Ca- e~i~~i~l~r:: :r:h~:a~, unable to use ~~===:!:=============~thedral, in a message to the dele­gates said:

"I hope all who desire peace.whether Communist or non-Com­munist, Christian or non-Christian,Pacifist or non-Pacifist, will agreeto do everything in their power toremove from the world thepoisonous threat of n u c I earweapons."

COLOUR BAR IN THE LAW

If-- _\ street. C&~ Town,l Tbls neWBPJlper I~

will be held on the

at ~ p.m.

GRAND PAItADE

Cape Town

criminal offence for Africans tostrike.

The white people should notforget that the African is theirfellow-citizen. It is conseq uentl ynot only bad policy to keep hima prisoner, but it may lead to theeconomic destruction of our coun­try.

- _.._._-- - - --

by

"DULEE P"

SPORTLIGHT

In this strange land some actsare crimes onlv when committedby black people. For example,when a white man does not payhis income tax he is not trea ted asa criminal. No one stoos him onthe street and demands his taxreceipt.

Pass and liq uo r laws prov idefurther evidence of preferentialtreatment, and it is worth reca llm g HERCULES Mm'SI-ELOAthat the pass system has i t.o-~......·~ - - ----in slavery. Worst of all.

More Self-Rule inBasutoland

PPOSEDAN

By c.P.E.

NEW AGE. THURSDAY. AUGUST 7. 1958--~------------------

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