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refusal to 60 all the way in
shedding Western ways in IA
vor of ancient Eastern medical
techniques known as "ayur-
veda."
The assassin was shot by a
sentry while trying to flee and
was captured. He identified
himself at the hospital as Tal1
duwa Sovarama. 43, a special
list in Eastern style medicine,
He was being guarded in the
hospital ward by IS policemen.
Companion Monk Held
Police today seized a Bud
dhist monk. g. Pannasekera
There of Colombo. who was
accused of being with the gun
man. Police questioned several
other monks throughout the
night in an effort to determine
the motive.
A reliable source said that
lis minutes before Mr.. Ban
daranaike died he turned to
his wife and asked whether she
knew why the monk had shot
him"
The death plunged Ceylon
into mourning. A mile-lone
line Of wailing women formed
outside the hospital.
Ayurvedic medicine men, who
favor hot congresses, messages
and secret herb formulas
handed down from father tc
son, have practiced in Ceslor
for 1000 years. In recent
years they gained stature al
q political power.
Ayurvedic supporters along
with the Buddhist clergy anc
teachers were among the three
influential groups who boosted
Mr.. Bandaranaike to power ir
1856.
New Political Crisis
The Buddhist clergy pressed
him to declare Ceylon a Bud
dhist state. Mr.. Bandaranaike
raised an Anglican. embraced
Buddhism but refused to bow
to the monks demands.
The death Of the Nationalist
intellectual created a fresh
political crisis in this Indiar
ocean island with fears Of new
religious, racial and politica
strife that plagued his regime
from the outset.
Mr.. Dahanayake, the new
Prime Minister indicated there
would be no major changes ii
his predecessors Nehru-stylt
neutralist policies. He an.
lnounced he would be Minister
Of Defense and Foreign Affair.
as well as Prime Minister anc
Minister Of Education.
He set funeral services fol
Mr.. Bandaranaike for mex
Thursday after a period Of
lying in state.
Wartime Security Risk
Mr.. Dahanayake, jailed b,
the British during World Wal
II as a security risk, served a.
Education Minister in the Ban.
daranaike cabinet.
Mr.. Bandaranaike had desig.
mated him to act as Prime Min.
lister when he was out Of thu
country.
Mr.. Dahanayake, an UMPIRE
dictable in politics, had SHIFTED
from his leftist line in recen'
months, forcing two MarxistI
out Of the Bandaranaike coali,
ton government, and callinI
for laws to ban strikes which
have crippled the islands econ
omy during the last three year
and brought bloody riots.
| A struggle for power coult
develop in Ceylon's rulinI
Freedom Party with three pc
tential challengers to MI
Dahanayake's leadership.
They are Commerce Ministe
In. @. Senanayake, a cousin o
former Premier Dudley Sena
nayake and a member Of on
!of the islands most Influential
families; Finance Ministe
Stanley De Zoysa, and Ministe
of Lands C. P. De Silva.
All are nationalists who rod
along with Mr.. Bandaranaik
in his campaign to swing Cey
lon from a pro-Western anti
, Communist position to neu
; tralism.
/ Mr.. Bandaranaike, Ceylon'
fourth Prime Minister, came +
power, on a wave Of Sinhales
communism, Buddhist reviv