— Portrait of the Week— CO NFUSION CONTINUED IN THE CONGO, where
a warrant was out for the arrest of Mr. Lumumba, who spoke, nevertheless, in the Parliament at Leopoldville, what time the rival 'government' of Mr. Ileo was holding forth on the Leopoldville Radio. President Nkrumah of Ghana threatened to withdraw his troops from under United Nations command, and place them at the disposal of Mr. Lumumba, who in the meantime was threatening to break off diplomatic relations with Ghana, one of whose officers he described as `a Bushman and an imperialist.' In England, on the Other hand, the Crazy Gang merely announced their retirement.
IIt SEAMEN'S STRIKE CONTINUED( but not on the good red ship Baltika, in which Mr. Khrushchev sailed for the United Nations meeting in New r9th, exchanging radio greetings on the way With Mr. Macmillan and the editor of the Daily '-'xPress. The United States Government said that
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Khrushchev and his delegation would be con- red to Manhattan Island during their visit, because Mr. Khrushchev's 'hostile statements' and the illegal destruction of an American plane and .`,fie detention of its officers made the security of 'fle Russians a problem; the Soviet Government Pr°tested that the restrictions were 'unlawful, .tmareeedented and unfriendly,' thus reaffirming itl Concern for what is lawful, precedented and friendly New York was also hit by a hurricane c,`Illed Donna. In Berlin, the Western Powers 'uolc counter-measures against East German restrietions on the freedom of movement, and djeided to refuse visas and transit visas for East ,,errilan officials. In Sweden, a Soviet military 4„‘tacht5 got a couple of Swedes gaoled by report 'R - ' that they had offered to sell him information.
SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT kidnapped the abis,,h0P of Johannesburg, told him a pack of lies d -tit legal assistance and deported him, then iteoied that it had done so, and at last admitted iu„Ille Archbishop of.Capetown said that it was buelievable religious persecution,' and the Arch- TIPI°1) of Canterbury said he was sorry. The kr• having been attacked by the South fin an Government for its comments on the ure of South-West Africa, said that Dr. eroerd and Mr. Louw were 'damned in the :"w or all men of good will' and that apartheid (1(4S a 'Vile scheme,' thus proving that the Times sti)s sometimes unequivocally speak out—when uetentlY provoked.
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nbl'ARODR PARTY'S ACCOUNTS showed that tro eiership had declined and the financial deficit wo. Mr. Brooke, Minister of Housing, rejected ar,,--tthour plea for the restoration of rent controls, IC Mr. Marples, Minister of Transport, opened ms: new electric railway line between Crewe and d,„C4,nehester. One of the trains broke down and aYed one lot of passengers for an hour; the eju,,ndoo express left thirty minutes late; the new Cetrie train to Crewe left half an hour late and t broke down, being taken in tow by one of rold steam locomotives; the `Comet' ewes to trut°r1 was forty minutes late, and the 6% p.m.
Mar to Birmingham forty-five minutes late. Mr. latfiles's own train was only twenty-one Minutes
troe—this being regarded by regular travellers as jo26 favouritism on the part of British Railways wards a VIP.
h. RESULT of the Cabinet reshuffle, the Prime i:ster of South Korea is Dr. Chang and the. ju„'"Flgo Minister Dr. Chung; the Minister of e is Mr. Cho, and of Education Mr. Oh.
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