Himalayan Times (1960)

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^OL. XIII JULY 31, 1960. .... NO

KOinALA MISLED BY
SWEET WORDS'

Kathmandu, July 27
The Leader of the
Opposition, Mr. Bhar»t
Shamnher, today acoused
the Government of under-
estimating the signifi-
cance of the Chinese ac-
tions in Nepal. He wai
moving a cut motion in
the Nepalese Parliament
on the Foreign Ministry's
demands.

Mr. Bharat Shamsher
said the Prime Minister
had been misled by the
sweet words of the Chi-
nese. The fact that China
had tendered apology over
the Mustang inoident was
taken by Mr. Koirala as
the sunoess of Nepal's
foreign policy. "Had China
accepted that she bad
-violated the demilitariza-
tion agreement and that
the inoident took place
on the Nepalese soil,
their apology would have
bad some meaning."

He charged China with
creating and keeping bor.
tder problems alive with
' t ho intension of attacking
* Nepal in future.

The Opposition Lea-
i der alleged that the whole
J border was seething with
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ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN
BHUTAN SUSPENDED
Darjeeling, July 27
Due to the unsst it
the monsoon, construction
of the Phunchholing—Paro
road has been suspended
till October after the com-
pletion of 13 miles of this
very important 1'20-mile
highway to Bhutan's ca-
pital.

Meanwhile. prelimi-
nary survey hax also been
completed of another im-
portant 100 mile highway
from Darrang, adjoining
Assam, to TasbiGongd-
zong. On completion, these
two roads will link Bhu-
tan's southern areas with
the north. Survey is soon
to commence on Bhutan's
third important highway,
which will run from the
east to the west. This
26?-mile rusd will often
toueh heights of 14,' 00 ft.
to 16,010 ft and will
involve considerable en-
gineering skill and inge-
nuity to lay out. It is
understood that between
I0,f00 to 12,000 labourers
will be employed under
the projects when cons-
truction is resumed after

the monsoon.__

unrest and in grips of
panic

PRESIDENT EISENHOWER'S
CHALLENGE TO RUSSIA

Chicago. July 26

President Eisenhower
to-night challenged the
Soviet Union to a world-
wide election oontest.
Addressing the Republican
National Convention here,
the President suggested a
plebiscite, under U. N.
control, in which the peo-
ple would say whether
they wanted to live under
Communism or a free
democracy.

Mr. Eisenhower said:
"The Soviet diotator has
said that be has, in bis
recent journeys and spee-
ches, sucoeeded in damag-
ing the prestige • of Ame-
rioa. "Concerning this
matter of comparative
national prestige. I chal-
lenge him to make this
test.

"Will he agree to the
holding of free eleotions
under the sponsorship of
the U.N. to permit peo-
ple everywhere, in every
nation and every conti-
nent, to vote on one single,
simple issue: that issue
is: 'Do you want to live
under a Communist regime
or under a free system
such as found in the
U.S.A.?'

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