Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-07
Terror Bombs Fire
AIqiers University
Europeans
Renew War
On Arabs

ALGIERS, June Z tAP.-
The Secret Army renewed its
terror campaign today after a
seven-day truce, moving down
MoslemS, burning down the
main building of Algiers Uni
versity and setting fire to the
town hall and police station in
a suburb.
Three PHOSPHORUS bombs
started a roaring fire in the
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Science and Medicine Building
of AlgierS University. Algeria'S
main seat of learning.
Leaping flames were brought
under control two hours after
the fire started. The nam
building. with Its laboratories
and libraries. was fireSwept,
but the blaze was kept from
spreading to adjacent buildings.
"ScOrChed Earth" Policy
1t was the most spectacular
city fire in the Secret Army's
efforts to turn Algeria into
"Scorched earth" before the
MoSlems take over an indie
pendent Algeria this summer.
Early this afternoon, police
reported the town hall and
police station of the hilltop Ell
Biar suburb were set fire.
Hundreds of Europeans
watched the university fire
from the sidewalks of the ada
cent streets. Many motorists
passing by blew their car horns
to the five-beat slogan "Al-ge-
RE Fran-caise" algeria is
French.
This looks like July IA"
shouted a man, beaming. He
referred to the French Revolu-
ton in 1889, when crowds
burned down the BaStille pri-
son.
Four MOSlems Slain
Earlier today, European ter
rorists struck at groups of
Moslems with pistol and ma
chine-gun attacks. killing four
persons.
Machine-gun bullets sprayed
from a speeding car at a group
of MoSlem workers on a street
corner in the Hussein Dey area.
Three of the MoSlems slumped
to the sidewalk fatally wounded.
Less than an hour later a
Moslem en- route to work was
shot to death.
The precarious truce which
gave the city a new breath of
life during the last seven days
thus came to a shattering end.
In the administrative capital
of Rocher Noir east of Algiers,
French officials received the
news Of the new terror war in
dark pesSimism.
They are destroying the last
chance of reconciliation with
Moslems," one official said.
The Secret Army announced
the end of its seven-day truce
in the slaughter of Moslems
with a pirate broadcast last
night reporting a deadlock in
its contacts with the Moslem
nationaliSts.
Nom COmbatants Advised
I'VE are again taking up war
in the economic
field" the broadcast said.
Women, children and older
Europeans were advised to leave
Algeria to free the men for
the scorched earth campaign"
The Europeans in Algeria
had been observing a truce
since last Thursday while they
tried to win more concessions
from the nationalist for the
European minority in an in
dependent Algeria.
Since no one will listen to
us, we are again taking up
war;" the broadcast said. De
spite the hopes OF some, there
will be no divisions between
the leaders of the Secret Army.
The civilian and military lead
erS will be united for the
same aim-to save their COM
patriots"
The broadcast said. however,
that an understanding was still
possible between the European
and the Moslem ma
provided the French
government did not interfere.