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THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 1989
ADMIRAL'S PLEA FOR GUAM FORTIFICATION
Inestimable Value As Defence Base
CALCUTTA COMMUNAL RIOTING
Calcutta, To-day. Following an outbreak of com- munal rioting in the cotton mill" area 14 miles from Calcutta yes terday, 130 persons were taken to hospital.
Police dispersed the crowd and made, 17 arrests, Reuter.
MR. GANDHI'S FAST EXPLAINED IN HOUSE
LONDON, TO-DAY.
A STATEMENT WAS MADE IN YESTERDAY BY THE UNDER
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS
SECRETARY FOR INDIA ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH MR. GANDHI BE AN
·HIS FAST, WHICH HAS VAL- READY LASTED TRREE DAYS, ON THE QUESTION OF RE- FORMS IN RAJKOT
DETERRENT TO
HOSTILE POWER
Washington, To-day.
Admiral Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations, appear- ed before the Senate naval committee yester- day to renew the Navy's effort to obtain Con- gressional authority for the Guam fortification plan.
Admiral Leahy declared the island's strategic posi-
tion made it of inestimable value as a possible defence base.
BERLIN ATTACKS B. B. C.
B.B.C. broadcast of the arrival of Jowish refugee children from Germany has angered the Ger man Press, says Reater.
One paper declares: "That
broadcast, was maliciously done and an indirect incitement against Germany."
JAP PLANES
It would act as a strong deterrent to "any foreign RAID NINGHSIA
power contemplating a hostile move towards the Hawaiian Islands or the continent of the
United States."
Admiral Leahy contended thats
Guam was of great importance as BRITISH
a possible air and submarine base "from which to protect our
seas commerce from the Nether-EMPLOYMENT
lands East Indies."
It was also valuable as a possible IMPROVES
naval station and a base for the Asiatic Fleet when the United States withdraws from the Philip pine Islands, in 1946.
-DAY.
16, THE
Lanchow, To-day. Extending their bombing opera- tions to far-flung Ninghsia, 15 Japanese planes, flying from Sui- yuan, staged a severe air raid over Ninghsia, the provincial capital, yesterday.
A large number of bombs were- dumped indiscriminately in the outskirts of the city. Losses are believed to be considerable.
After the attack, the Japanese raiders flew away
a south-
LONDON BETWEEN JANUA DATE: OF THE LAST RETURN; easterly direction passing over
AND FEBRUARY 18, EMPLOY-northern Shensi.: MENT IMPROVED IN ALL. BUT A FEW INDUSTRIES.
Yenan, in northern Shensi, and Hancheng, in east Shensi. on the Yellow River bank, were also
ERONEOUS ASSUMPTION
· Colonel Muirhead said that on Admiral Leahy at the same time March 2, Mr. Gandhi sent an protested against opposition to the ultimatum to the ruler of Rajkot plan which was generally based on * State, suggesting he should set up the eroneous assumption that The Ministry of Labour estim- bombed by Japanese planes yester
a committee to recommend a strong fortifications were at pre-ates that at the latter date the day. Scores of missiles were rain- scheme of constitutional advance sent envisaged.
number of insured persons in em-ed in the suburbs of Yenan and In the State...
As hitherto outlined, the plan ployment in Great Britain was ap- seven outside Hancheng. Cen- entails the building of a new break-proximately 12,222,000. This was tral News. water and improvement of the 143,000 more than the month be facilities for handling aeroplanes, fore and on
on a comparable basis The programme le before the about 70,000 more than the year Senate in the $65,000,000 Bill to before. authorise improvements in naval aviation facilities in a number of At the same date, registered un- places, including the group of mid-employed totalled 1,896,718, com- prising 1,588,512 wholly unemploy- Pacific islands...
ed, 291,680 temporarily laid off and 66,526 normally in casual employ- ment. The total was 142,808-less than the month before but 86,297 more than a year ago:
The committee was to consist of four members chosen by the ruler and five members, including a chairman, named by Mr. Gandhi. Three officers of the State, to be approved by Mr. Gandhi, might be appointed as advisers to the com- mittee without right to vote.
The committee was to start work on March 7 and to report by March
This Bill is similar to the $47,- 22. Its recommendations were to 000,000 Air Base Bill recently pass- be put into force within seven days.ed by the House of Representatives subject to their examination by with the elimination of authority Mr. Gandhi or Mr. Vallabhbhai
to develop Guam-Reuter. Patel.
GANDHI'S UNDERTAKING Mr. Gandhi undertook to allow nothing to remain in these: recom-
mendations which would affect the COL. BECK'S
prestige of the ruler, his State or his subjects. Mr. Gandhi also stated that all political prisoners must be released and all fines for
· polítical offences romitted.
Failing acceptance of these sug- gestions Mr. Gandhi threatened to fast
The ruler resected this ultima tum and Mr. Gandhi began to fast on March 8,
VISIT WELCOMED
London, To-day.
The Prime Minister informed the House of Commons at question
Of the numbers unemployed, 727,000, or 42 per cent., had been without work for less than six weeks, and 300,000 more, or an- other 17 per cent., for more than six weeks but less than three months. British Wireless,
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Polish JAP RAID time yesterday that the Polish JAP Foreign Minister would shortly pay a visit to Britain-most pro- bably in the first week in April.
The ruler has denied he has | Mr Chambe
"The the
ON SIANGYANG
broken any of his undertaking in British Government
Slangyang, Hupeh, To-day. connection with appointment of a opportunity which visit will Siangyang, on the south bank of reforms committee, and the Crown afford of discussing with Colonel the Han River in northern Hupeh, representative did not consider a Bock matters of common interest suffered considorably ne, a result of caso, to the contrary had been Ito our two countries.”—British a severe air raid by 12 Japanese. made out. British Wireless,
GUERILLAS ACTIVE
Wirolosa.
IN PEIPING AREA outskirts of Polping.
Chungking, To-day.
WAR COUNCIL IN TUNIS
Paris, To-day. The commander-in-chief of the and French North African troops the Resident-General of Morocco. General Mogues, held a "war coun- cil" in Tunis.
Taking part were Vice Admiral Blery, the Chief of tho French naval squadron anchored before the General Poipind, Bizerta, commander of the 19th Army Corps, General Testut, the commander the 5th Air Corps, Generals Juin and Horcourt who both arrived from Marseilles, as well as all com- manding generals in Algeria and Tunisia
An inspection of the South Tun!« alan,defence line began yesterday while the French Resident-General of: Tunis, General Erić Labonne, has left: on; an inspection tour to Sousse Sfax and Kairouan.-Trang- Oconn.
severe air raid by 12 Japanes MISCHIEF-MAKERS'
bombers. yesterday.
More than 40 light and heavy hombs were showered on the city, killing, and wounding over 20 civi-
IN IRAQ
Baghdad, To-day. Martial law has been proclaimed
the long and demolishing some -30 by-army headquarters, at Rashid,
are reported to be active in
Three thousand Chinese guerillas
housca:
six miles from Baghdad, and in
at. Hafaochan, 22 miles southeast Earlier in the day, a Japanese surrounding districts. A number
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of Tientsin, have had several on- plane conducted reconnaissance over Japanest hired - Chinese irrogu gagements with the Japanese dur lass under the command of Chang ing the last few days, Sung-yu who mutinied recently News.
Contral
and Ichang on the of the Yangtza. Rivor ---
tral News.
of suspects have been arrested.
A laconic statement on behalf of the Government ascribes the trouble