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ering over the Oil-rich Sahar;
independent Algeria. The rebels
were reported demanding France
surrender the oil land and give up
the bases.
Emperor Halle SelaSsie has
named rs young men to junior ad-
ministrative posts following the
abortive revolt IL weeks ago which
had the sympathy Of Ethiopia's
youth. While the revolt failed to
GUST the palace clinque surround
ing the emperor, it succeeded in
arousing the political conscious
ness of the kingdom. A significant
factor in the attempted coup was
that it had the backing Of the
country's young, western-educated
officials and officers.
The Jordan government has de-
cided to send a delegation visit all
the newly independent African
states to extend congratulations
upon winning their independence.
Among the varied accounts of
the death Of Patrice Lumumba is
the story that the former Congo
Prime Minister was sold by Major
General Joseph Mobutu to the
Belgians for Sc million francs 50
that he coud pay his troops. The
report first appeared in the French
paper France Soir" and then the
London Daily Herald" United
Nations sources say that Lum-
umba was picked up at Thysville
by a Belgian plane and brought
directly into Belgian hands.
Konstantin Dankevich, leading
Russian composer, is creating a
symphonic poem devoted to the
memory Of Patrice Lumumba, be-
cause II am shocked by the killing
Of the ardent African patriot The
poem I am composing in the man.
ner of a tragedy will have a tri-
umphant finale, because I believe
that the victory Of the Congolese
people over the colonialists is in
evitable."
The Federal Republic Of Ger
many has loaned $50 million to the
Liberian American Mining Corpor-
, atom (LAMCO) project in Lib
eria, and concluded a 20-year
with another 2o-year option)
agreement with LAMCO, which
guarantees an annual purchase Of
rs million tons Of Lberian iron
ore =.
Sir Roy Welenslxy has threat
ened to resign as Prime Minister
of the Federation Of Rhodesia and
Nyasaland If British proposals for
the new Northern Rhodesian Con-
stitution are not altered. The Fed
eral Assembly voted 46 to 5 to
support Sir Roy in his opposition
to the British proposal, which
could give Africans a majority in
the Northern Rhodesia Legisla-
tive Council. Four Africans and a
white representative from North
ern Rhodesia voted against the
Prime Minister.
The election to fill the IL Ma
tional Member seats in Kenya will
be held in the Legislative Council
on March 10, and the new legisla-
ture is to open on April 6.
White Congo refugees, who are
quitting South Africa almost as
soon as they arrive, may return
to the still-troubled Congo, now
that the Congo leaders are at
tempting to patch up their diff
ferences. Speculation along this
line followed reports that of the
1900 who came to South Africa to
start a new life, more than 100 al
ready have deserted South Africa
because Of low wages and lack Of
suitable jobs. Some, who are cof-
fee planters, and should have
known better, found to their sur.
prise that no coffee is grown In
South Africa.
The experience in the Congo ha,
proved how difficult 1t Is to CO,
ordinate army contingents drawn
from various countries Of tn,
world and this state OF affair
emphasizes the need for an inter
national police force owing allegi
ance to the United Nations, sait
Lord Clement Attlee, while speak
ing in New Delhi on the "futur,
of the UN." Attlee said that tn
UN" should devise some system s,
that country could have a reason
able say according to its population
adding that the idea of one-person
one-vote would not be feasible 90.
In Japan the Congo situation ha-