Portrait of the Week— REBELLION BROKE OUT in Syria against
Egyptian dominance in the United Arab Republic. After efforts to crush the revolt had failed, President Nasser called off his forces, and Mr. Mamoun Kuzbari emerged as Prime Minister of the recon- stituted Syrian republic, promising a five-point programme to restore constitutional life within four months. Colonel Serraj, Vice-President of the UAR, whose dismissal had given the insur- gents their opportunity, was put tinder arrest. Turkey, Persia and the royal government of Jor- dan hastened to recognise the restored re- Public, but the major powers, both Eastern and
Western, hung back to see what would happen next *
Ott, NKRUMAII ASKED six of his ministers to resign on the ground that they had fallen victims to the temptations of, capitalism, acquiring exces- sive business interests in the process, and then struck at his political opponents by arresting !eliding members. of the United Opposition Party. mcluding Mr. Joe Appian, son-in-law of, Sir Stafford Cripps. in the intervals Mr. Nkrumah held discussions with Mr. Duncan Sandys, the Commonwealth Relations Secretary, with the object of 'clearing the air' for the Queen's visit to Ghana next month. Mr. Geoffrey Bing, QC, was also shuffled out of the ministerial pack but retain-d
v. in Ghana for certain (unspecified)
assignments.
111E LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE opened in Black- Pool With Mr. Gaitskell more firmly established in the ascendancy than at any time since the General Election. As expected, he won hands down his reversal of last year's Scarborough vote for unilateral disarmament, but motions against the harbouring in Britain of Polaris-bearing sub- marines and .West German troops on NATO training were carried by the floor against the Platform, and Mr. Cousins declared his intention. In effect, to fight, fight and fight again. Miss Iiirgaret Herbison, however, displaced Mrs. Lena Seger of St. Pancras on the party executive, committee. Elsewhere, trade union troubles mounted, with Ford employees told not tLn report for work; with an extension of the tea- "reek strikes to the building industry; and with a resolution by the AVU shop stewards calling for the resignation of Mr. Carron, the AEU leader.
* Ntii• mecum: succeeded Mr. Dulles as head of the CIA. The National Coal Board 'reported a ,modest surplus. and BOAC a large deficit. The `Pleen conferred an earldom on Mr. Antony its the Mirror announced that 's a compliment to him' it would continue to refer to him as Mr. Jones---w. better still, as Tony. Master Tara Singh ended his fast unto death with a glass of fruit juice mixed with honey. Bristol decided to have drive-in Bingo.
* tote narrisn MANDATE over the South Cameroons ended, and they (or it) joined its (or their) former french twin in a Cameroon Federal Republic. found geatleman in Denmark announced that he had ound a Goya portrait, but not the one for which the National Gallery had offered £5.000 reward. nrce monks and some policemen who entered as convent in Italy to bring an end to hostilities between rival groups of nuns were excommuni- cated 'for violating the seclusion of the cloister.' A 0 math who was being interred in Venezuela burst _Pen the lid of the coffin; the sight of him c_n)crging horn the grave, coupled with the nat f ure the • language he employed while doing so. caused his mother-in-law to die from shock. Arrangements were made to bury her in the vacant grave.
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