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GLBANEB POLITICAJ, JtEPOBTEB'IS. IMPERIAL MAJESTY, theHiiSe Selassie of Ethiopia, leaves the bland

morning at 8r30 o'clock for Haiti at the enda State Visit which started on Thursday after-

amid unprecedented scenes of welcome.Since then the Rastafarian and Afro-Jainaicansec-of the Jamaican society have itept interest in theerors visitat fever pitch, and- at Spanish Town yes-injured for what at the^ momentto have been two reasons:

(1) hostility at the police far trying to keep the Rastafarianaway from the immediate vichrttj of Haile Selassie bof the apprehension that he might be injured with a su rfe i tanection,arVmour that ranamong some Rastafarian grou ps thatl JihSf WaS ^0tKHaHfSea?eat a11- but someone foisted onpeople by the machinations of tie government

Montego B ay givesrousing welcometo the NegusGleaner West ern Bureau M O.NTEGO B A Y ,SJ.,A p ri l 23:W E ST E RN J A M A I C A today welcomed Ethiopian Emperor .Haile Selassie tothis bustling resort'town .of 42,000, and pledged that the bond of friendshipwhich ha s existed will be cemented here and now b e t w een the peoples of botbcountries:. \Thousands f rom all parts of the attention of audiences w ith talesisland packed Charles Square to of the Emperor. This mo rn i n ggive meaning to the words takenfrom the address of welcomeread and presented to His Im-perial Majesty at the 30-mjnuteCivic Reception.The Governor-General, SirGli#ord Campbell, had mtnyagreeing spontaneously when hesaid: "From before Yo ur Imperial

and again "K or- i iye r 200 y a r d s ui Sf . , Ja i u esStree t n u r t h and south of CharlesSqua re hunc ireas standing aboutum e aeep rema i n ed b eh i n d met a l

around bu t -oneCharles van t ag eSquare rtofwa sMajesty set foot on Jamaicansoil hundreds of thousands o f . o j u u ^ upeople were" throbbing with de-(oc cu pied. Rastafarians. mostl ylight to welcome y o u . A n d t h e j i n white robes., and others mwelco me yo u hav e witnessed is ;multi-colou red garb. stoodunrivalled in the h i s t o ry of J a - - a m o n g s t rows of ch a i rs reservedmaica . ' for t h em ch an t i n g h ymn s. Th eyAlthough the Police an d ; beat drums, blew horns andM il i ta r y with fi xed bayonets j ca rri ed .welcome banners.stood two deep keeping the; A lon t e enage r lay on theteaming- t h n i i < a n r i g nf - f c j t m p j f t q y r s .. root, of tbc .Tpwu.HaJJ, . break.in place at the reception, nothing,it seemed,, could dampen the en-thusiasm of the crowd.Wh en it was. all over, motoristsfound themselves trapped in aone-hour traffic jamThe display of delight started

hundred! from parishes n ea r andfar poured into Montego Bay intrucks, buses, cars and on foot.Some most of them Rastafari- ' barriers, and although theyans, "captured" seals reserved ; pressed against them poiice andfor invited guests, but were re-'military kept thesv i 'moved by polio*strengthened-by *-'-'"- * * detachments oraVrr- here forspecial duty.All

AT BAYQNOTTOINT Rastafariansshout their enthusiasm at the arrival of Emperor Haile Selassie at Mon- tego Bay yesterday. Units of theNational"Reservewere at the ready. -Friday night, when Rastafarians

N ear 4. pjn, the scheduled start , Biehi HoSelassie and tbe Prime Minis-ter of Trinidad, the 'Et. HonDr. Eric Wlliams on Thurs-d a y , ,.!he .; i. !=.\ it3tio;' ._Trirfic j t lirslster < sf TrinidadTobago "^f)r. Th e Right Hon-ourable Eri^' Wil l iams , His 1mperial - . M a J e s t y Haile

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m a x i m u m c o n t r i bu t i o n ; o pea cesn d secur i ty by e n c o u r a g i n gniiiverjji a d h e r e n c e to s u c h apolicyBoth leaders !-aff irrr.ed theirthp; -"determination to wo rk for theMinister are of the view t h a t jtbe . principle o f peacefu l c o , jex i s t en ce is a vital elemen t in .the task of preserving world:nd fecu ri t y _ _ a r ! d _ t h a t , .covL'itries ran msk; t h ei r

total cn-.ari-ipa-.icrr. af n il j i .-n.pies still under Colonial d*ni-n st i o n . Both t h e . Empero r en dthe Prime Minis te r arc L - n r - . -v i n ced t h a t s tronger nu'E.-uresrConii rm>-o on P A G t 3)

:or the visit , dignitaries t i l e d; past and were introduced to' the Emperor by the Mayor.Th e introductions passeo, th eGovernor-GeMral and A ct ingPrime -Ministir -Donaid Sang-haT .appeals for silence during thepiayirig of the Ethiopian ?.ndJama i can N a t i o n a l An t h e-rs IConlinned on P A R E 3)

1, Emperor .of Ethiopia, paidj/'.a State Visit to Trinidad and]ToSago from April 18th o April 21st, 196'6.His Imperial Majesty had theo ppo rt un i t y o f visiting various

1 l o o k f o r w a r d to s t r e n g t h e n i n g Oil af fec tsharbouro f n a p p y relations' -ttnrTh e High Commissioner f o r -Trinidad and Tobago in Jamaica:has requested the Ethiopian A m - ;bassador to Haiti to transmit t he^

pv relations that exist b et ween T|e ]1 "ou r two Countries. Your visit1 ler

E M P T Y , TOPPLED, TWISTED CH AIRS, the shambles of a remony ; vipi.-,,, :marred at Spanish"Town yesterday wh en Emperor Halle Sclas*!* paused for Uie f i rs trail stop of his journey to Montegp Bay.heering, waving

City farewell H is train Jrip throughth e c o u n

areas of Traidad andTobago foltowng m eto j ri.in theoour ot his v i s i t -t o ]A Majegfr Haile ^m.Trin iaa / l and Tobap o His Im-;peror of Ethiopia, on behalf ofpen a l M a je sty was a b l e to jrtt-i^ pj.ime Minister of Tri n i dadness the P^=?Mhst s n-.and Tobago:" I t h an k yo u r Imp er ia l 11s-j ert y lor yo u r g ra ci o us mes-sage sent t o me en ro u t e toBarbados. I look forward tot h e- strengthening, in" the;clapped andwaved flags to give His Im-perial Majesty. Haile Selassie

Emperor of Ethiopia; a raptar-o us fa rewel l y es t erday m o rn -ing, as he left the Corporate.Area for Monteeo Bay .l e f t Kin d ' sHo u< e to the t ime the R ovalcoach depa rt ed from the K i n a -ston R ailway Station for ' iL =j o u rn ey in to r u r a l Jama i ca .His Imperi a l Majes ty wasmobbed. Th e crush was g rea t -est at Payna Aven ue , wh ere helaid the cornerstone fo r a pre-paratory school he is d onat ingto Jamaica to mark his vis i t .

Although the mfllins throngsurged near the .Royal visitorat Payne Aven ue , an d h eld upthe motorcade fo r a short t i medurine rts journey to the rail-way station, the police andmilitary ecniipped with tear sasxoA fixed bayonets, kept o rderThere was no incident .

rtaDDirig aha waving.' 'H o wever , t h i n g s reached f e v e r- p!t*h when the Emperor ar-rived at the school site, as' anestimated 5 . < l f l O persons Jostled- .each o t h er to ret Bear Mm.-A f te r so me mi n u t es . HI* Ma-jesty wa* handed a trowel andwmi> cemen t , with wh i ch he Err.prr"l a i d th e c or ne r stone . H ai le Selassies j o u r n e y .r^ev : ' hp Cor p or at e'. th chor r ^ f r r . r r i t h m i -"f hi? n d m l r o r ? a? thfp.de t i rfi cee riprl t o t h p

M u n t t - i i u Bay . o n l y porkc' .s r f -Ras Tau ri an at f hcr cn t e m i n t -ed with the h u n d r i ' _ , < of \ - - v r -sons a l o n u t h e ' pay ,hi s p oin t of depa rt u re fromJ - j i n a i c a tod ay halted for ar .i- 'cnis ten minutes a t Sp anishT n w n yes te rd ay when p ol ice The Ro ya l t r a in . v i t h Fi r stb a t t l e d wi th sr^tators in a D r i v e r M r J a c k Hinds s;m e l ^e tha t rrsirrpd the first rails t r i p 61 the t r i p to Montep o

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P o s t a l s e r v i c e ss t i l l c r i p p l e dearly morning,

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Th e P os tal si t ua t io n remainedu n c h a r g e d yest erday w i t h ma i l, and te l e c rap h serv i ces in K i n g -h u n d r e d ? : sion stil l cr . :pplrd.posit ions !

A. ten-year-old s choolboy , two,.police officers and several otherpersons were injured in abaton-weilding, stone-throwing,free-for-all in which the policewere fo rced to use tear gas todisperse " sections of a vastthrong at the Spanish Townra i lway station.But elsewhere on tho- j o u rn eywh ere stop* were made a tDenbigh, Wllliamsfleld,

:hr c^ntroi. ' : l e f t kin c sto n at S M n .te n mi n u t es b eh i n d s ched ul e ,and a rri v ed " in . M o n te po B a y 'at 4 .1 0 , t wen t y mi n u t es la t rrU)an planned.

(--tarordv^n an d K t i j i U S bycombined choir from the iJ . 3 ' S . h Pri mary sc h o o l , thr MayPr n P r i m a r y Sch o o l and theM a y Pen Sen i o r Seconrii.-ySch o o l . Th e Empero r .sjjj.vdthf Visitors' Book. . .\ \ I I . U A M S F 1 E L D 5.i m i i i i i l t - sl a te r , perhaps t u rn eo ou t wth 'the biggest crowd of the tripin the rural areas.

made IT th e peopie of Trinl. dad and Tb b aco s ince thea c h i e v e m e n t of t h ei r I n depen d-;: en ce du ri n g his stay in Tri - j1 - iiidad and Tobago. . \iHis Imperial Majesty discussedij in an atmosphere of cordialityj and mu&ial understanding- withHis Excellency the Governor-ij General and the Right Hon-ourable .the Prime Minister;, matters .of c o m m o n interest tthe* two countries. In par t i cu-lar the fostering of even clos-er relations between the pe'o-. pie? of Et h i o pi a and Triri idadnnd Tor.a.eo. His Imperi a l Ma-jns ty expressed his apurec '-n-ri ' in nf t h e frs lprn a l y y m p a t h van d suppo rt ex t en ded ' to hi-nand h is people d ur ing the f a s -cist aggress ion anamst h*sco un t ry

months ahead of the very

was a mag n i fi cen t success andwi n long, be rememb ered byth e G o vern men t an d peo ple ofTr ir iSa / . and To b ag o .Please accept . Y o u r I rn pc r .u !rviajesty. our best wishes KTth e c o n t in ue d su ccess of > o u rCSYibSer .n tour , f o r y o u r per-sonal w n - b e t n an d h e n l ' h ,and for the . ' cont inued pro s-p er i ty of y o u r Co un t ry andpeo ple . ' .' Eric Williams":

tain 'sections of Kingston "Har-b o u r h ave been affected by oil.s observed in the wa-Thursday by a g ro upyachtsmen in the area off . ^t h e Ro ya l Jamaica Yach t Clubin eastern Kingston. Since t h enit ha s spread across to thePalisadoes. Port Ro ya l an dothe r s e c t ions of the h arb o u r ,becoming a nuisance to f ishe r-me n an d o t h er b o a t men asv o l t as to swi mmers at-var io t isc i t y b ra ch es .A Iocs'! yachtsman-sa;ci last n ig h tth a t the si t ua t i o n wa s becoir,-:ng worse and he intended torepo rt the matter to the Har-b o u r Mast er , Capt . ' AllanT o u g he n j o y y o u r s e l f

Th ere was no wo rk at thralone t h e ro u t e f r o m Kin n ' s ; Teleg raph Depart men t o f ' t heHouse and at the school site at General Post Of f i c e f o l l o win g in -Delacree Pen. As the proces-:'cidc':? ?-Ia.rt ^riday when a """ .invaded, the Depart men t and in-sion le f t .Kmg's House shortly ; f j m id ? t ed t h e wo rkers .after 8.00 o'clock, a t h un dero us! _ Mail cont inued to pile up

Catty, and Mootpelier ^- thebrief ceremonial fun ct t o n j wen tof f without serious incidentIt was a journey of just un dereight hours that took, theEmpero r of Ethiopia across theJamaican landscape a n dt h ro ug h scenes of enthusiasticapplause w e n t up.- Th e j u b i l a -t ion continued alone the ro u t e ito Delacree Pen, as thousands!lined the ro adway sh o u l i n s .|

the various post offices.welcomq at eadh crowded railat I t o wn .i Except at Spanish TcrWn and

Schoolboy, policemenCashier robbed

of 4 0 0. Ernrr t A nd erson , .in r t v -p loyee of the Car.Scia Dry B' . t -t l ing Co mpan y . 473 Span i shTown Road, has reported to ' .hrHunts Bay Police Sta t ion th a the was shot and rohhed nfo ver 400 on Wed nesd ay n ig h tlast.r. An derso n , who is a c a sh ie rwith the co mpan y , said t h a tabout 8.30 p.m. he was on his-way from the o f f i c e to ' thewareh o use w i t h a bag conta in-ing about 400 in cash andchrques , whp n two m e n . m a sk-ed ana a rmed, hejd him up.shot and'Tobhod h i m . a n r i jescaped on a mo t o r c y c l e .wa s trea ted at thr Kin g sto r , .P ubl ic Hosp i ta l anri sent h o m e . >

S P A N ' I S H T O W N . S C . . A p r i l23 i From o ur r n r r p s p o n d p n f>a r t r a a c r i y m a rke d th e t e n -r r . i n u t p stop of H.s Im j jo r ia lM a jpsiy . E m r e r o r Hanc Sc -1U. rs;s, at the R a i l v . - a y Sia tron;he re t .;da.i. A t t - n - y p a r - o l t i ih a d t o b o hosr i l a l i red . :

' A T I po i i c e of / ice rs vere i n j u r jor t a n d* w e r e t rea ted at thehospital, a s .were sev era l c i -v i l i a n s inc l ud ing a schoolt ea ch er . A poli-ja veh i cle wasalso damaged and put out ofuseTho hoy in h o sp i ta l is Michae lT u r n e r of IS Wa te r l o o Lan e,Spa n ish Town. . Thp policJ 1-m^n am In sppr ro r Wr i cr h t an dC orp oral Syd ney Rose o f t h el

Sp anish Town station s. Thoschool tpach pr is M rs. E.Ca m pb e l l o f Barracks p r imarys rhonl . Sp anish T o w n . O t h e r ;c i v i l i a n s wo re trcMPd at h^s-p i t a l an d sen t homo.A f t e r srfinr; to ih ^ we l fa r e o fthe i n j u r e d and v i l t i f l ( r y o n n j fTarner in his hospital bedthe Hon. Boy M c N e i l nM t h a t

A densely packed crowd on the iplatform of the Spanish To wn jrailway station edged close tothe diesel train as i t piriled in !at 10.05. ' !Wo rd, had rea ch ed se c u r i t y^forces on the train tha t the 1Spanish Town stop m ig h t be ievent fu l . !i W h e n the A c t i n e Prime M in ist e r , ]the Hon. Donald Sangster, had ialighted along with tho Gov- jemor-Gencral Sir ..Clifford |Campbell and presented the !Mayo r of Spanish Town, C o u n - jcillor A. U. King, the press of :the c rowd g rew greate r . .Police barriers collapsed and thedin of the cro wd co mplet ely ;dro wn ed thr efforts of theMayor to start the ce rcmon;of presentations.As the police started an at temp t; 'to clear the platform in the]area wh ere the dignitariesstood, tho scen e b ecame a (shambles . t h r e w slnncs andan d at least on e p ol i ce -ma n t h r c \ v b a rk A c h a i r .F i s t s an d b a t o n s w e n t m t n pl a yan d final!; , irar ga s s i - : - , ! a 'sec t i on i> { thr h a l t l r r s i n l o nw i l d s c ra : - . l ) i r M a n y ' . ' , < ; ' n- , :Sp anish To-.vn w h e r e a nu.- ,i- |be r of person? i n c l u d i n g t > o . l ; c e !u-r r f Inirt nftT T T i s " Im pr r iDl !iiajcslv.. had left. ;en do us e n th usia sm of (h rcrowd and the anxiety of allto see the Empero r Iv e r y m u c h that thish ave h appen ed . I rrtend mysi n cere sympa t h y to all con-cerned."Earlier on thp train j ourney to"Montoco Bay Mr. SaryjiHersaid th e Emperor had beentremendously Impressed, bythe spontaneous rece ption hehad recei v ed from eve rybodyin Jamaica.

Hr H u e s to ; i t ' t c j - d a r o n f e r r n r ro f Co m m o n11 . e a l th Law M i n i s -t er? on F u g i t i v e A p p r r h e n -s i o n n d E x t r a c f i t i o n . M a in -t e n a n c e of Fa n - l v En fo r c e -m e n t O rders . En fo rcemen t cfBast ardy O rders an d t h e es-tablishment of a Common-weal th Court of AppealTf i r c o n f e r e n c e nfiiri!. A p r i l ?Fand Senator Grant expecu toret u rn ab o u t May 'Z . Also at-tend ing tho co n feren ce w i l lbe Mr . Barry Johnson, LegalAt t a ch e a the Jama i can HiBhCommission in London.

Sen a t o r G ran t was reen of f byMr. U. N ". P nrnc l l . A c t i n g So -l ic i tor Genernl, V,r. Ira Howe.Assistarff A t t o r n e y General,and his w c r e t a r y ^ I r s M. CBarrett .

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