CHANGES IN GHANA

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28747, 19 November 1958, Page 15

CHANGES IN GHANA

; Dr. Nkrinnah's ’ Explanation •I ACURA 'Ghana'. November IV..' ■ The Prime Minister of Ghana » i Dr. Kwamc Nkrumah) said today that he had taken over the | Ministry of the Interior "because 11 >»t difficulties which wo arc at • present experiencing and may 1 continue to experience for some . time.” i The Prime Minister, comment- • mg on yesterday’s Cabinet re- » shuttle, told the Police Training College that the "difficulties" arose from the existence of an’ organised conspiracy to destroy • the Government by force. It was Dr. Nkrumah s lirst appearance as Minister of the Interior since he took over the post Irom Mr Krobo Edusci. "In dealing with such conspiracies the utmost firmness must be shown and we must not allow ourselves to be deflected Irom doing what we know to be right by criticism either from at home or from abroad." said Dr. Nkrumah. Dr. Nkrumah paid a tribute to his predecessor who. he said I "look over the Ministry of the Inter.or at a very difficult time i in the country’s history.’’ It was largely due to Mr Edusci . that violence was stamped out in • Ashanti and "hooliganism, which disgraced the early days of independence. was so vigorously suppressed." i The Prime Minister told ms audience of 50 senior police offi- > cers that nc considered a force • like the Army and judiciary i should be independent of the ; civil service, and that he proposed to re-examine their position in that respect. In London. "The Times’’ reI ported that Mr Edusei’s removal , would certainly mean that much • ol the colour would go out of announcements emanating from the I Ministry of the Interior. , The newspaper said Mr Edusei’s statements were "consistently outrageous" and that this was possibly one of the reasons why he ■ had been replaced "The Times” report added that Mr Edusei’s ebullience had done considerable harm to Ghana’s reputation abroad. I. t i 44 As Everyone ' Knows” <Rcc. 10 p.m.j LONDON. Nov 18. Lord Montgomery’s memoirs ■ have raised a great deal of interest J in Western Germany. The "Kilnische Rundschau" printed a long r extract and also a photograph of an officer in a beret, captioned ; “Field Marshal Monty as everyone knows him.” • The photograph was of Sir Claud Auchinleck. Guinea’s Trade Agreement.— e Guinea yesterday signed a trade 3 and cultural agreement with East f Germany—the first such agree- ? ment made since Guinea gained p its independence in September, i The terms are not known, ac--1 cording to the British United . Press.—Conakry, Guinea, November 18.