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Ominous Picture In Java Sharp British Warning To Extremists
Native Uprising? Neutrals Leaving
BATAVIA, NOV, 6.
SPORADIC FIGHTING FLARED ANEW IN THE NORTH- ERN SECTION OF BATAVIA DURING THE NIGHT AS NEWLY ARRIVED BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS MAINTAINED A FIRM HOLD ON THE SITUATION AT THE IMPORTANT SOERABAJA NAVAL BASE.
A BRITISH COMMUNIQUE SAID THAT INDONESIAN EXTREMISTS AND DUTCH TROOPS WERE INVOLV- ED IN FIGHTING HERE WHICH BROKE OUT WHEN TWO GRENADES WERE HURLED INTO THE DUTCH GUARDED AREA OF HOTEL DES INDIES. Unomeini reporta sahi thal the Dutch had fired by mistake on a detachment of the Seaforth Highlanders which was sent to the spot to investigate the wound-
described
TEST OF ARMS7
London, Nov. 7. Either the Dutch Government in
being inept, It wants to put the whole conflict to a test of arms as soon as possible--or both, says the correspondent oj "The
Lerduy, in reference to the an-
of Highland Major. The special, cabling from Balavia yes- beident was not mentioned in, the British commanique.
Shuld of denullory firing wannouncement from the Hagan that audible in the northern part of Dr. Van Mock was negotiating with Dr. Soekarno against the the city this morning. The communique
wishes and instructions of the Netherlands Government. The situation elsewhere in Java
The correspondent saya that de- as quiet during the past twenty-tailed Dutch proposals were hand- Four hours but acknowledgeded to the Indonesians on Thursday That it was "fense."
night and are being considered by them, but the Hague announce ment would seem to have largely invalidated these proposals.
Indonesian and Dutch officials are understood to be consider ing a plan to gain firm control of a small part of Western Java
The Hague announcement "ex-
Xmas Boxes And Now For Britain It Will
Happen
Sydney, Nov. 6.
The steamer "Andes" loft Sydney to-day carrying 20,000 food paresis for Britain as Christmas gifts from Austra- Lim
There are many thoro thou- annda of parcela pet to coine, -Router.
Kremlin Is Still Coy
WASHINGTON, NOV, 6.
UP TO LATE TO-NIGHT,
MANILA, NOV, 8. JOAQUIN GALANG, THE SECOND WITNESS BROUGHT FROM
CUS PROTECTIVE TODY WHERE HE IS HELD AS A SUSPECTED COLLA BORATIONIST, TESTIFIED AT GENERAL YAMASHITA'S WAR CRIMINAL TRIAL YES, TERDAY.
He heard the Japanese comman der angrily refuse to revoke
order "to kill all Pilipinos and destroy all their cities." He was the second witness to give such | testimony.
REDS LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE
CHUNGKING NOV. . OFFICIAL REPORTS REACHING CHỨNGKING SAID THAT 10,000 CHINESE COMMUNISTS WERE --ATTACKING THE NATIONALISTS IN THE' SUBURBS OF KWEI- SUI, CAPITAL OF SUIYUAN PROVINCE IN INNER
MONGOLIA..
OTHER COMMUNIST COLOUMNS, WERD RUSHING TO- WARD THE KWRISUI BATTLE AREA INDICATING THAT CHIANG'S TROOPS DEFENDING THE CITY MIGHT BE MORE GREATLY OUTNUMBERED THAN ALREADY REPORTED.
Democracy Working In Hungary
BUDAPEST, NOV. 6. THE MODERATELY CON- SERVATIVE SMALL HOLDERS PARTY APPEARED TO HAVE WON A SWEEPING VICTORY OVER HUNGARY'S LEFT WING SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND COMMUNISTS IN THE FIRST GENERAL ELECTIONS HELD IN RUSSIAN OCCUPIED EASTERN EUROPE SINCE THE END OF THE WAR,
Early returns indicated that the party made up of small shop- keepers, small · land-owners and professional men would get about
60 per cent of the total vole. The labourite and social demo- crate running second will probably got 20 per cent of the vote while cho Communists' expected poll is between 12 to 15 per cent.
and other groups drew a negligible Rightlat Christian democrats
vote
The small holders' victory will undoubtedly result in the forma- tion of a new government.
Galang said Yamashita showed great anger when Gen. Artemio LESS THAN 24 HOURS BERlearte, Filping politico-raflitarist, FORE THE DELAYED MEET beseeched him to revoke the order. ING OF THE FAR EASTERN
Yamashita rose, Galang testi- ADVISORY COMMISSION, MOS fed, clenched his fiets and chout-fe COW HAD GIVEN NO INDICA-
ed: "An order in an arder; it in TION OF HER INTENTIONS. my order and because of that it
commfasion mecta
should not
11 bo disobeyed. should be followed-happen what may happen!"
again
a
to-morrow
afternoon after week's recess, during which the Britlah, American and Chinese delegates were to court the Soviet Union's participation.
A Soviet union official said to- night: "No information has been
represented, "
and establish that area as rally. Dioded like a bombshell in Batavia } received as to whether Russia will
they
ing ground from which could extend their efforts to end the native uprisings in the East Indies.
OMINOUS PICTURE There is a Dutch plan to bring in many more troop, al though there has been no of ficial announcement on the sub- ject, with unofficial estimates running as high as 20,000 men before Christmas.
Java is quiet following the flare-up of sporadic fighting in northern Batavia during the night, but the picture is blacker and more ominous with tens of thousands of trigger-happy in donesians heavily armed and de termined to revolt.
and is interpreted as a double dis- be rep avowel of Dr. Van Mook and of
State Department sources con the more horal policy he repre- sider it certain that the represen sents. The repeated public rebukestatives of the other ten nations will he has had from the Hague would not delay their discussion}_~-~ have made a leas patient man re- sign Immediately. His position has been mado almost impossible,"
will not
The most charitable explanation of the Dutch Government's "chop- ping and changing, adds the cor- respondent, is that "it face facts. Like the majority of Dutch residents here, it is still, living in a world of its'-It Bri- Lish troops had arrived in Java earlier; if the British had been firmier: if the British had arrested Dr. Sookarno."
FALSE PREMISES
"There has been only one sensi- ble policy for the Dutch to pursue here and that is to adopt the pro- The British are in a dilemmna gramme that large sections of Bri- apparently undecided whether to Lish, American and Indonesian
opinion might consider fair light through and return the is just and to stick to it.
And It would land to the Dutch or merely
least strengthen their, moral ontinue to disarm the Japan position in the eyes of the world. the internees und fueffective manoeuvrlugs to detach ese, rescue defend themselves.
I some of the Nationalist leaders The Dutch at present refuse from the main group have been American mediation based on false premises. to accupt
In this the claiming that
Russians, day and age in countries of South East Asia one is dealing no longer Franch and Chinese also may wish to have their thumbs in it
with personalities, but with par-| Associated Press,
REBELLION FEAR: SHARP WARNING
London, Nov. 6. Following renewed outbursts of firing in Batavis during Sunday night, Reporter John Steen of the London Labour Party paper, the "Daily Herald", cabling from Batavia, says he understands that "British Headquarters have com pleted plans for the defence against a possible Indonesian up- rising.
"Neutrals are likely to be warn- ed to leave the city. Neutrals have already been offered facilities to leave Sourabaya and Semarang as tho sequel to the wounding of the Swiss Consul la Bourabaya."
A sharp British warning to In- donesian extremista
Tieg."
The witners said he overheard the argument at Ricarte's house when Yamashita called there.- Associated Press.
Manila, Nov. 3. When the war criminals trial of the Japanese Gemoral Yamashita was rested here to-day, a 7-year- old Filipino girl described how her mother and father were killed by the Japanese-Reuter.
Calm Descends Upon Near East Storm Centre
JERUSALEM, NOV. 5. POWERFUL SEARCHLIGHTS WERE SWEEPING THE SEA. BOARD SOUTHWARD OF HAIFA TO-NIGHT AS THE CURFEW ORDERED BY THE BRITISH COMMANDER OPERATED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE DESTROYER STEVENSTONE TO-DAY PATROLLED
A
THE COAST NEAR ACRE AND LATER DROPPED ANCHOR IN THE CRUSADER FORTRESS TOWN. CRUISER AND FOUR DESTROYERS ARE NOW STA- TIONED AT HAIFA. - REUTER,
1,000 ARRESTS
of tampering with the Royal Navy Jerusalem, Nov. 5. Dept. Tence near Haifa who fled A precautionary dawn to dusk after An interchange of shots curfew was in force at Palestine with the guarde without casual trouble spots after a quiet week-tics-Associated Press. end in which there was no recur-
Jerusalem, Nov. 6 repce of last week's Arab-Jewish A 12-hour curfow clapped on all disturbances.
movement in the vital port area of Cairo was also reported to be the Iraq pipolise and site of the Haifa, which is the terminus of calm with only one small anti-oil refineries and important power The correspondent concludes, Zionist demonstration yesterday plant, was followed by a "Senior Dutch offciale horn have which the police quickly broke up. non vitis, Hottery yeterday her also been extraordharily anima Dispatches said that 1,000 per-ing up the curfew on road traffic ginative in their handling of the sons are under arrest as the after throughout Palestine. This is the press with the result that their math of the rioting on Friday and latest move to curb sabotage nt- cause has not always been fully Saturday. presented. The only people who
Only
tempta.-Reuter. new incident reported are readily accessible at all times yesterday to have occurred was aro the Indonesians."-Reuter.
when six
porabno were detected
Not One Prisoner In 200,000 Fit
BERLIN, NOV. 6.
zenesting ONCE WELL-FED MEN BUT NOW NOTHING BUT HU- MAN SCARECROWS, THOUSANDS OF GERMANS ARE IN A BRITISH-RUN TRANSIT CAMP ON THE OUT- SKIRTS OF THE BRITISH SECTOR OF BERLIN. THE MEN ARE PRISONERS-OF-WAR FROM RUSSIA BOUND FOR THEIR HOMES IN THE BRITISH, AMERICAN AND FRENCH. ZONES....
General Christison's threat that "all weapons of modern war" would be used if troubly in Java | continues, followed a night of gun battles in the streets of Bátavia.
Although the situation through Java has been quiet, during past 24 hours, British patrols were called out several times yesterday
the
to investigate shooting incidents in the city-Rontor
WHEN CLAPHAM WAS IN THE TROPICS
LONDON, NOV. 3.
There la every evidence that tha olections wore conducted in complete freedom with
only a few instances of violence.
appears, therefore, that Hungary has removed one of the obstacles in the delaying of full the United States) recognition by and Britain.Associated Press.
He Went One
Better
LONDON, NOV. 6. WHEN A 13-YEAR OLD SCHOOL-BOY GAVE EVID- ENCE AT THE STRATFORD JUVENILE COURT TO-DAY IN ANSWER TO A CHARGE OF UNLAWFUL WOUNDING OF HIS FORMER MASTER BY SHOOTING HIM WITH A PISTOL, HE TOLD HOW OTHER BOYS HAD TAKEN WOODEN PISTOLS TO SCHOOL
"He said that he thought he would go one better and take the pistol which belonged to s father, who was a Home Guard officer,
Saying that he had been rebuk- ed over his home-work and cuffod
Gen. Yu Fei Ping, Minister of Communications, charged the Communiota have destroyed more than 880 miles of railways north of the Yangtzo.
The Communist "Now China Dally reached new hoights in virulence to-day as it charged Lt., Gen. Albert C. Wodemeyer's pro- misa that Americans would avoid participation in Chinese Internal strife was "nothing but a lie.”
The charge against the Ameri con commander in China wan carried in a dispatch from Com- manist headquarters at Yonan.
It said the Americans not only| arned and equipped Central Government troops "bat have in- vaded our berated areas in North China, opened fire upon us, arrested some of our army per- sonnel and disarived some of our troops."
„ACTUALLY FOUGHT! Tho Communista charge the United States with participating in the civil war and say that a con-
Bride Shot At Wedding
London, Nov. 0, A bride and her Com- mandd husband posed on this church steps fora. *photograph
after
their "wedding yesterday whi tipo air qua slugs hit tho girl, wounding her in the face and chest. A thirt alug struck her knee.
There was a big crowd outsidó. The shots were.. heard and the person when fired them got away. The wedding took place at Catholic church-Reuter.
Girl Told
Them Where To Get Off
LONDON, NOV: 6. THOUSANDS OF LONDON- ERS WERE DELAYED TO-DAY AND THERE WERE A NUM- BER OF SCENES WHEN BUS AND TRAM
CONDUCTORS AND CONDUCTRESSES
OR- DERED NO STANDING IN THEIR VEHICLES.
gent of American marines and troops belonging to the Kuomin tong 94th Army attacked and They are imposing a ban against occupied a point near Shanħal-
carrying standing passengers bo- kwan on Oct. 30, with the Ameri-veen 9.80 a.m. and 4.30 p.m., and cana laurming 18
7.80 p.m. and 10.30 p.m.the "off- Communist
peak❞ hours. guerrillas.
Kuomintang troops were trans- launch the attack on Shanhaikwa, port Board to put more buses Da ported in American vehicles to The reason they give for the ban fa "to force the Passenger Trans- the Communist dispatch continued the road during the non-pcak and "on Oct. 91 American and Chinese forces from Chinwangtao
perlod instead of taking them off, attacked Poltaihe rand machine-
as at present. gunned "Our
casualties wero heavy and we were forced to withdraw from Peltalho.”—Associated Presa. Preas.
YENAN CHARGE
At Waterloo station a dozen people were standing on the tower deck of a bus. “Off, you,” said a blonde conductress.
The passongera did not budge. "The bus won't start until gru get off." declared the girl, who
Two people in one queue shook their lists at a bus girl, who ex- tended her tongue by way of reply.
Chungking, Nov. Ở. The Communist Party Head-walked away. quarters yesterday accused the United States troops, artillery and air forces of aanlating Chungking Government forces who are storm- ing the Communlet held areas of North Eastern China-Reuter.
Among those delayed at London Bridge wore troops with full kit -Router.
Acute Food Shortage In South-East Asia
COLOMBO, NOV. 6. FOOD SHORTAGE ÎN RE-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES. IN SÕUTII-EAST ASIA, ESPECIALLY MALAYA, IS 30. ACUTE THAT MEASURES ARE ALREADY BEING TAKEN TO PROVIDE RELIEF BY IMPORTING INTO THESE AREAS RICE FROM SIAM, WHICH IS EX- PECTED TO REACH THE TARGET OF 150,000 TONS BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, IT IS LEARNED HERE TO-DAY.
In spite of shipping difficul
by the master, the boy added: "I ties, traffic has been started be- felt the
that
pistol against my leg. tween Malaya and Siam with WARNING TO BRITISH
coastera
for
and it suddenly came into my junks, each of which is carry- mind
that I could
LONDON, NOV. 67 Behre the ing armed men to guard against master. While 1 was fumbling, danger from pirates.
THE BRITISH HOME the pistol went off."
SECRETARY, JAMES CHUTER The boy was fired 40 shillings
Nearly 30 ships now in Bang EDE, WARNED THE BRITISH for having the revolver in his kok are expected to bring 1,000 PEOPLE AGAINST BELIEV possession, and the Bench decided tons of rice cach on their re- ING
THAT THEY WILL he must go to a
NEVER AGAIN BE SUBJECT remand turn trip to Singapore. home for a month on the unlawful. wounding charge.
Attempts are being made to TO AIR ATTACK AND URGED THE NATION'S WAR-TIME provide British Notice of appeal was given and this rice traffic but it is unlikely TION TO BE KEPT UP TO CIVIL DEFENSE ORGANISA- 25-Router. the boy was released on ball of
of these can be DATE TO MEET ANY FU- that enough available to help solve this pro- TURE NEEDS. blem. The provision of cap- The House of Commons passed vessels is also on to the second reading of the being investigated.
Bill to suspond instead of repeal Sydney, Nov. 6. The food shortage in Singa-Britain's civil defense acta.
Edo disclosed that Britain has Commenting on reports of the disturbances by armed Indonesians Pore has led to abnormally high Bent scientiata to Japan to in- and Allied service vestigate the effects of the atomic been forbidden to buy.
FADDEN SAYS I TOLD YOU SO tured Japanese
on the troopship "Esperance Bay," prices Mr. Arthur Fadden, Leader of have the Australian Country Party to-cooked meals in local restaur-
day recalled his warning of Oct. ants-Reuter.
-18. main ho pointed]
On that
boarded the ship at Brisbane their
my
BERLIN, NOV. 0.
He repeatedly emphasised the necessity of keeping civil defense abreast of progressing methods of death from the skies-A630- clated Press.
IS RUDOLF STILL
SHAMMING.
Nuremberg, Now, 6:"
41. could not have amapoltion in MINISTRATION FRENCH until the prosecutors of the four
out that when WHETHER FRANCE luggage was not searched for LIKES IT OR NOT arms, although shipping officials A TROPICAL FRUIT, THE had said that revolvers and knives NIPA PALM, FOUND RECENT had been seen on the voyage. LY IN LONDON, IS BELIEVED
THE UNITED STATES, BRI If Rudolf Hess, at present The Minister of Information, TAIN AND TO PROVE THAT AT ONE Mr. A. A. Calwell, then dented, UNION WILL PROCEED WITH under medical examination, is
THE SOVIET TIME THE AREA HARD BY and attempted to ridicule CLAPHAM JUNCTION WAS A statement, saying the Indonesians PLANS FOR A CENTRAL AD-Proved insane, the proceedings TROPICAL FOREST.
GER against him will not be dropped At the time about the year their baggage because
their de MANY WITHOUT hero. Much of south-eastern Eng fully 40,998,055 B.C this fruit grew parture from Sydney was Care PARTICIPATION IF FRANCE nations concerned agree that the land was under water and it is Officers, Mr. Fadden said.
supervised by Becurity PERSISAS IN HER OPPOSI insanity finding is irrefutable.
TO CENTRAL TION
RULE, AN thought the fruit floated down the.
Sir David Fyfe, the British "When some of our Australian OFFICIAL INFORMANT SAID river and sank in the sea at soldiers and aalors are foully The Fotodany declaration pro- have had no indication that
prosecutor, The men au look alike, their ration when they leave to board Clapham
Baid to-day! We. TO-DAY. AM uniforms are so, uniformly trains going west.
murdered, as was Brigadier Mello- ragged, their hair so uniformly In the ten weeks since the camp later it has been dug up and wad other authorities will swaken to be eventually established
More than 50,000,000 year by at Sourabaya, Calwall and vided that a central government Hess is in a different condition WANT 260.0001
shaggy, their skin so uniformly has gun operating not a single on exhibition at the anqual the sense of their responsibility."
to-day than when we deelded Batavia, Nov. 6.
The French, who are not signa- that he was lit enough to be in- yellow,
fit man has been found in almost rounion of the Goologists Asso- According to an Indonesian
PASSATI TA 200,000 prisonera...
are de cluded in the indictment two Afr. Fadden, invited Mr. J. H. tories to the document, ciation fa Some of them can walk, seme apokesman, quoted by the Nother can hobble, some can do little moral camp, with its tattered: remnants
"If every German could see this for exhibition only Reuter
London-foariled and Chifley, Australian Prime Mini-manding the Internationalization months ago, although the ques lands News Agency to-day the than crawl. Many of them were of their once proad armies, it
ster, to order an immediate in of tho Ruhr and Rhinoland and tion of his sanity had been Indonesian army
vestigation-Reuter.: at 60,000 to captured at Stalingrad.
also want to noo Germany dis- 70,000 mon is now in boing. As a Router correspondent was ther dreams of war" the British
membered into economie bits and
rafaed."Router. would, do much tour area, CHANDRA BOSE The commander of the army, being taken round the camp by captain concluded Reuter.
not rebuilt into an economic who is not in uniform in "General" British officer the deaths of suven
BRITISH; M:PIS IN
entityAssociated Press. Socpridi Toegrindi, who has a inmates the previous night was
YUGOSLAVIATM farmer slicer of the Netherlands reported to him by a corporale RUMOURS START GERMAN NEW DELHI, NOV. 6. Bant Inllies Army named OrelpThe daily death rate is fairly
THE TRIAL OF THREE OF
London, Nov. 6. no his Chief of Staff.
low copaldering the state they
FICERS OF THE JAPANESE- Parliament are to make an un- Twelve British Members of The apokemian added: "We were in when they arrived here, would like an army,, of 250,000 the captain sald
SPONSORED INDIAN NA official visit to Yugoslavia on London, Nov. 6. mon
The Director of the Refugee TIONAL ARMY WAS RE- Sunday to witness the elections. He insisted that there was no blankets and beda. There are very Zone, M. Plant Sclater told
The big problem is to get Administration for the Borist SUMED HERE TO-DAY The will be guests of the day that Professor Copland had Result of the talks will he Minister of War in the Sockaroo few of the former and no beds at Router to dari. Cabinot The spokesman said that all.
We
Va definitely The chief prosecution wit Council of Ministora.--Reuter. beon appointed Autralian reported through ; the Doctor, Soekarno,, has pormonally
MALE NOWA Gen we have not boon driving people aude oss said he took over ad- ONCE-PROUD ARMY donly to the West.
dologates' conference in mưa nhien Minlater to cun supervised the political aspects of "It is inspeile to secure build-On the contrary, we are most 62 40,000, witserland parcel clean to the Taculty of Commerce at the
As ministration of a puppet force
Laubaɛne, Nov. 6. 21 "Profensor" Copland In Dean of Unions-Router, mattera The Netherlands, Wering Agency are aproturable, honghi demans orderly misrement and in Aub com Branish shows, wald & noto The former Miniates to China,
filig amared dng materials and own chi blankets ankion that this shall be an Chandra Bose, he said, offer Don Juan heir apparent to the Melbourne Univeralty ther republiera poured', that Bri- Camps
proadbook or equipment for this three army-Reuter.
and a 48-hour
STAMPEDE
ORDERED DEATH
was: about
AUSSIE MINISTER
TO CHINA, A
Canberra, Nov. G
DOCKERS" DELEGATES RESUME TALKS
London, Nov. 8 Talks on wages and working conditions between dockers des legates and employers were 19-
and return to work
It was officially announced to- mun'a return to work.
brondeanting statements".00 Tiling of. Allied goldkeratina. (Gessruk:-"Pranov: “advising bind Bir2lkPredme as armiesto maag? (of
people
whow drdered the death penalty for are the Prince maycug.m transferred to the Larstion: in Nasympathisers cowardice or treachery, Beu, consed antifraucomanticato in Washington" some months ago Jen
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