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Cholera Rages
In Indo-China
MEMBERS OF AN AMERICAN NAVY MÉDICAL EVACUX-'
TION TEAM REPORTED IN HONG KONG : YESTER- DAY THAT HAIPHONG, INDO - CHINA, WHERE AP- PROXIMATELY 12 AMERICAN TRANSPORTS AND *—WAITING TO TAKE-90,000-CHINESE TROOPS-NORTH-
WARD, IS IN THE GRIP OF A CHOLERA. EPIDEMIC. LT. CRIDR. ELMER W. REBDECK, MEMBER OF THE
MEDICAL GROUP, WHICH WAS THERE A PORT NIGHT AGO SAID 30 CASES DAILY WERE ARRIVING AT THE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL AND HALF WERE DYING FROM THE DREAD PLAGUE, THE EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN RAMPANT FOR Å Month:
HONG KONG SHIP DISASTER
"Hai Chu" Sinks After Striking Mine In River
1,600 Feared to
Have
Drowned
THE PRESENCE OF RUNDREIS OF PEOPLE, QUIET WITH ANXIETY AND SUSPENSE, IN THE VICINITY OF THE MACAO WHARF WELL, AFTER MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT, BORE WITNESS TO WHAT IT IS FEARED WILL PROVE ONE OF THE WORST DISASTERS IN THE HISTORY OF THE CANTON RIVER.
THE FULL EXTENT OF THE CALAMITY CANNOT YET BE
ESTIMATED WITH ANY FINALITY. WHAT HAS BEEN ASCERTAINED FROM SURVIVORS IS THAT THE SS.
MINE NEAR BOCCA PIGRIS FORTS YESTERDAY MORN. ING AND BANK WITHIN A PEW MINUTES. WHEN THE “HAI CHÚ” LEFT CANTON FOR HONG KONG AT
3 AM. YESTERDAY, SHE HAD ON BOARD APPROXI MATELY 1,700 CHINESE SOLDIERS OF THE EIGHTH ARMY, BOUND POR KOWLOON IN TRANSIT TO NORTH ERN PORTS, ROUGHLY ONE HUNDRED CIVILIAN PAS- SENGERS, AND A CREW OF ABOUT NINETY.
"HAI CHU" THE CANYON RIVER STEAIDE, STRICK A
UP TO 14.M., THE ONLY KNOWN SURVIVORS WERE 25 MEMBERS OF THE CREW, 22 CIVILIAN PASSENGERS, AND ABOUT 240 SOLDIERS.
IT IS FEARED, THEREFORE, THAT THE FINAL DEATH-
ROLL AS A RESULT OF THE DISASTER WILL BE BE TWEEN 1,000 AND 1,000,
One of the survivors, Mr. Alfred overwhelmed the "Hai Chu” nared Fong, who has been working ng an that the majority of those on board Interpreter in Chinu, and was re were drowned without hope of Turning to Hong Kong, told the escape. "China Mall at the Tai Tung
The explosion came with torrlfle
Dated A
Doughboy
Tokyo, Nov 8.
The army newspaper "Stars and Striper" reported to-day that a Japanoso sailay struck a Japancao girl in a doron- town park for "dating" an American soldier.
The paper said it was the first open display of resent- mont against fraternization in Tolyo.-Annociated Press.
MANILA PLANE CRASH
MANILA, NOV. 8.
GENERALS TAKEN
BY COMMUNISTS
CHUNGKING NOV. 8.
A GOVERNMENT MILITARY SPOKESMAN ACKNOW
LEDGED TO-DAY THAT CHINESE COMMUNISTS HAVE CAPTURED TWO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ARMY COMMANDERS IN SOUTHERN HOPEI VINCE AND FORCED THE GOVERNMENT ARMIES TO KETREAT.
PRO
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE CAPTURED GENERALS WERE MA FA HWU, COMMANDER OF THE 41ST ARMY, WHO IS UNDERSTOOD TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE, AND KAO SHU HSUN, COMMANDER OF THE EIGHTH ARMY.
He accused the Communists
about the two generals "In an effort to throw dust in the eyes of the public."
THE SANGLEY POINT NA- | of circulating unfounded rumors VAL AIR STATION AT CA VITE ANNOUNCED TO-DAY THAT THE NAVAL AIR TRANSPORT LONG OVER
FLIGHT DUE ON A
FROM GUAM HAD CRASHED AND
BURNED WITHOUT FATALI- TIES.
Most of the 18 passengers and seven crew members aboard the
were injured, however. piano
It crashed at the edge of the
Americans Seized By Reds
SHANGHAI, NOV. 8. THE REPORTED SEIZURE CHINESE COMMUNISTS OF SEVERAL AMERICAN
Lt. Cmdr. Charles K. Miller and Lt. Cmdr. Barold Q: Hinson told how they witnessed a horno-drawn wagon in the streeta picking up tho dead from homes. As the Wagon approaches, the hous
Haw-Haw To Hang
London, Nov. 8. William Joyce, who won the nickname of Lord Haw Haw for his propaganda broad- casts over the German radio woe densed an appeal from his conviction en a charge of high treason:
Joyce," who is under son tence of death, took, the desi- sion with outward cslı Associated Press.
British Loan
Talks
WASHINGTON, NOV. E
holder ringu a gong if he has a THE THREE-WEEK OLD
body to be picked up.
Tho navy doctors Bald
DEADLOCK IN THE NEGO. un-TIATIONS FOR AN AMERI- doubtedly, many are dying in their CAN IOAN ΤΟ BRITAIN
homen without
hospital.
over reaching HAS BEEN BROKEN. IT WAS
AUTHORITA
The city of approximately LEARNED 60,000 is virtually without sanit-TIVELY HERE TO-DAY. ary facilities and fles, which are Strict accrccy surrounder the the worst carriers, are no thick instructions which Lord Keynes the Americans were forced to and the British Ambassador, cover their bear glasses with Lord Halifax, carried out last napking as a mafety, measure.
Another contributing factor is night when they conferred with the Chineso army curlow which their American counterpart./ preventa collecting Bith buckets It is, however, known that from residencen until daylight. no definite agreement has beon
Some deaths have been reported reached. among the Chinese troops. SHORT-HANDED
The main British proposal, it is reliably reported, is to urge
Lt. Cmdr. John 9. Ollyer, when lower rate of interest, on the vlaited the municipal hospital, American loan. said the accommodations are woo The British view appears to fully inadequate The sick are be that the two per cent pro diagnosed there and if they show posed by the American might
a prospect of living through the first critical hours they are trapa-
elsewhere.
prove
Britain's crippling to ferrod to an Isolation hospital prospective fiscal poaltion and mean a repetition of the mis- The hospital in manned only by takes made over the loans after two Indo-Chinese doctora, sided the last war. Router, by one American who acts as liaison officer. There are only a fow nurder and the Japanese looted much hospital equipment.
"The sick are laid out on straw mata on
boils of boards," said
Olivor.
"There ard men, women and children.
Hotel last night, that the explosion force on the starboard side, and tungle near Puerto Real on the the night of Oct. 30 at different SEAMEN FROM A LIBERTY bed nata adequately cleaned 80,
H.K. TO REVERT
TO ZONE TIME
if
Hong Kong's time is to be changed, unless strong enough protest in lodged it 7028 officially nounced pasterday that in the intention of Govern- ment to efect the change to standard zone time じょう♪ Sunday, November 18,
2 a.m.
This
means that clucks will have to be put back our
Murder Of French In Saigon
SAIGON, NOV. 8. IT WAS OFFICIALLY STATED HERE THAT THE NATIONALISTS HAVE KILLED 17 OF THE 290 FRENCH NATIONALS WHOM THEY HAVE ABDUCTED SINCE SEPT. 24.
British and French forces have liberated 51, while the re- maining 220 French nationals. are still missing.
over ILA
turned the ship clean though she had capsized.
"Everything went black," he Janid, “and I found myself in the
water."
HOUR AND HALF IN WATER
He found him elf in the midst of struggling prople. Santo of then tried to atriko out for the shore, but in the choppy water and strong current that was run- ning, there was faint hops of gel- ting through.
Most of the survivors were able to cling to a lifeboat or to furni ture and, boxes footing from the sørken ship.
east coast of Luzon.
it 100 miles from Manila,
Its last radio report had placed It was a four-engined land typo plane.- Assoclated Press.
London, Nov. 8.
The British Overseas Airways Corporation direct service from the United Kingdom to South Africa is scheduled to open Saturday.Associated Press.
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The spokesman's version was that the two armies wero at- tacked north of Tzehsion by an
"The hospital is so short of of Communists,
trained help that I saw one immense force
mother, possibly sink herself, try- were taken unawares and were
to take care of her sick baby, ing unable to ward off the assault.
"They are unable to keep the The generala were captured
SHIP IN THE CHINWANG- they ecatter limo around the beds points and their armica sub- TAO AREA BROUGHT
as a sanitary measure. sequently withdrew southward PROMPT NEWS BLACK-OUT under Chungking orders,
IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
HEADQUARTERS IN A dispatch said the Com-SHANGHAI
attacking munists who were Tangho, Sinych, Singyan and Fangcheng, all in Hovan pro- vince, northwest of Hankow. were driven into the mountains. --ABROciated Press,
Marines To Get Out Before They Get In
It was more than an hour and a half before the first rescue craft arrived on the scene. This was h motor junk, which with another similar junk, scoored the waters for survivors and eventually brought in iust umler three hanTHE MARINES ARE NOW OCCUPYING VARIOUS dred into Hong Kong.
SOLDIERS TRAPPED
Mr. Fong said it was doubtful
many
if there could have beun
Most of the aaldiers were more. trapped in the lower decks of the vessel and had no chance of escape. As far as he knew, there were ne European passingers,
Thore were only ihren women passengers, and all three were among the survivors.
DIL
WASHINGTON, NOW, S., SECRETARY OF STATE BYRNES HAS REPORTED THAT THE UNITED STATES IS PLANNING TO WITHDRAW THE AMERICAN MARINES FROM CHINA.
STRATEGIC TOWNS BETWEEN THE COMMUNIST FORCES AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
ARMIES,
Byrnes said that the Marines, in-Chief in China to-day declared to help that the United States troops went to North China Chiang Kai-shek to take over the would leave North China as soon Japanese surrender and disarm as their mission was accomplished the Japanese forces.
and the first move in this direction Byrnes asserted that he could not say when the Marines would
might be toitiated about the middle
of this month.
General Wedemeyer's declara- tion, which was made at Peiping,
Newmmon dependent on British sources were told that some_sea- men were seized by Chinese Com- muntata but somo were relensed with apologies.
An American army spokesman refused to discuss the matter and the United States Consul-General'a olice hore sald only that "vague reports" have been received.
Inquiries were referred to the Tientsin Consulate from which replies were unavailable.
The known facts are that the presence in North China of American marines and the opera- tion of several Liberty ships have aroused considerable resentment among the Commanists which has produced an anti-American pro- pazanda campaign and at least two minor shooting incidents in which there were no casualties. Associated Press.
A.P. CHIEF'S APPEAL TO LORD LOUIS
Same of the soldiers were iniur- be withdrawn or whether they
come after the news of a large- ed by the explosion and sent to the will all be pulled out at once or
scale attack by Communists in Queen Mary Hospital their, come out piecemeal. ακτίναι.
He did not say why the Marines South Hopei to-day, which two are being removed but he had dis- Chinese Central Government gen- cussed the Chinese altuation with crals were captured. the War Department and was General Wedemeyer added: "I clashes between the Marines and accomplishment of
Declaring unable to verify the reported shall broch no interference in the the United Communials. The White House States missken and will use all had previously denied the reports available means to protect Ameri-
can lives and property?—Reuter.
In a scene reminiscent of the pit-
Crowds began to assemble at the Macho Wharf at about nine o'clock fast evening and were still there in the early hours of the morning hend after a coalmine dianster, Of the Asiatics abducted, in-
they walted hopefully on the basin of a report by one of the members cluding Chinese and pro-French of the crew that further survivors Annamites, seven have been killed.
might be coming through in B Bail- Thirty-three have been ing junk which was still searching rescued and 119 are still miss the water after the motor junks had departed for Hong Kong: It in feared, however. that the total of those saved will not greatly ex-
EX-TIN YAT
ing.
The French Recovery of Al- Red Prisoners-of-War and In terneca' Organisation Party ceod 300,
leader, Major Messmer, told cor respondents "to-day how he and hia party were arrcated by No tionalists when they descended by parachute near Hanoi, in Northern Indo-Chinn, on Au- gust 22,
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POISON IN FOOD He said that they were forced to march over 150 miles, on ex- hibition to the natives While imprisoned, poison was adminie- tered in their food, as a result of which à French Army doctor, Captain Brancourt, died..
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of clashes.
Byrnes said that the original decision to send troops into China
was purely military and not poll- Very Grim
tical.
He said he assumed that the State Department representatives dealing with the Chinese affair had been advised but that it was not even called to his attention when the Marines were sont to well-assist in the Nanking-Japanese
surrender,--Associated Press.
The "Hai Chu” was known river steamer of a little, under 1,000 toon. Before the war sho was known as the "Tin Yat" and was used principally on the Maçao run.
NO INTERFERENCE
London, Nov. 8. Lieutenant-General Albert Wede- meyer, United States Commander-
Police Order To Shoot In Tripoli Riots
CAIRO, NOV. 8.
and others managed to escape THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF INFORMATION HAS RE-
but were recaptured and finally
rescued by Chinesa troops when
they entered Hanoi.
A company of French troops fanded from the Cruner Gloiro" :!
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PORTED THAT "SEVERE RIOTING" IS UNDERWAY IN TRIPOLITANIA.
LATER REPORT BY THE BRITISH MINISTRY OF INFORMATION, STATED THAT 7 JEWS AND ONE ARAB WERE KILLED IN ANTI-JEWISH OUTBREAKS IN TRIPOLITANIA,
Birthday
MANILA, NOV. & -TO-DAY WAS A GRIM 60TH BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY FOR GEN, TOMOYUKI YAMA- SHITA, AS. HE HEARD FORMER PRISONER OF WAR TESTIFY BEFORE THE MILI TARY TRIBUNAL THAT
Secretary of State Byrnes szlá to-day that there was no prospect of an lommediate agreement bo- tween the Anglo-American officials discussing financial aid to Britain. Considerable progress has been made, however, and a possibility of failure is not conaldared.—Asso- ciated Press.
Washington, Nov; 8 The White House, disclosed to- day that President Truman will begin atomíč. caurgy' discussions Saturday with' 'the British and Canadian Prime Ministers-Asso ciated Press.
Dutch Still At Odds With Indonesians
BATAVIA, NOV. 8. DUTCH AND INDONESIAN NATIONALISTS' REMAINED AT ODDS IN THEIR SEARCH FOR A COMPROMISE TO END THE BLOODY STRIFE IN THE NETHER-
· -·LANDS EAST INDIES
DOCTOR SOEKARNO AND SOEBARIO, WHO STYLE THEM- SELVES PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER OF THE INDONESIAN 'REPublic, RESPECTIVELY, CON- FERRED AGAIN WITH THE ALLIED COMMANDER LISUT-GENERAL SIR PHILIP CHRISTISON. THEY ARE EXPECTED. ALSO TO MEET.INFORMALLY WITH DR. VAN MOOK, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIES.
A later report stated that the tants are reported to be growing Indonesian leaders have submitted uncasy,
D armod Indonesiana to the British a plan to preserve gather from the outlying villageo. peace In Java while the British Many families are evacuating troops finish disarming the Japa- Magelang and taking their posse nese and rescuing thousands of stons with them.-Reater. European internoce mennged by the nationalist extremista:
Doctor Sockarno suggested that Java be divided in a number of Now. York, Nav. 8.
regions with contact bureaus sot Kent Cooper, executivo director up to permit the British to carry of the Associated Press, asked out their task, without further Lord Loufs Mountbatten yester- clashea with the Indoacelans. day to review the announced Observors believe that the Bri- decision of British army authoritish will accept the plan. ties in Batavia to discontinue Java is generally quiet but a preza conferences with news cor- British army newspaper reported respondents.
on uneasy situation at Magelang the situation "cuts because of large concentrations of squarely across the principles of the Indonesian army youth in unhampered truthful reporting" that area. Associated Press, subscribed to by the American
Batavia, Nov. 8. It' and British Governments, Mr. Coo
that Extremist appears per cabled an urgent request that Nationallat, elementa ard gather- Han investigation be made and ing on a fairly largo scale, at Ban- measures taken to assure freedom doeng. The town", is reported to -of-access-to-information and be the headquarters of six Indone-
sourcen in arons under
your sian divisions. command," Associated Press. ... At Magelang, the local inhabi-
Demobbing: Urgent Need
London, Nov. 8-The former Conservative Food Minister ja to move a resolution in the House of Lords on Thursday nent woche "that this Fiques to of opinion that there is urgent hood for acceleration of the present rate of demobilisation of the armed forces of the Crown and of turnover of fae- tories from war to peace pra- duction"--Resiter.
Force And
Chungking Waiting For Not Reason
Communist Reply
CHỦNGKING NOV. E
WHILE ON A WORK DETAIL THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION, MR. K. C. WU, QUES-
AT
KAYAMASHITA'S HEAD- QUARTERS HE SAW RED CROSS PACKAGES OPENED AND LOOTED. -
The witnose was Major Ralph Schoibley, Previous
testimony was given that only thros Red Cross” packagen' were received by civilian internova: id the Tanto Tomas-university camp, the Inst of them on Christmas, 1049.
A MANCHESTER, NOV. 8. MR. BERTRAND RUSSELL, FAMOUS BRITISH PHILOSO PHER, WRITING ON THE ATOMIO BOMB IN TO-DAY'S "MANCHESTER, GUARDIAN,"
THE SAYS: ""ALL"
OLD DIS PUTES BETWEENINDUS AND MOSLIME JEWS AND ARABS BRITISH AND TRENCH AND GERMANS, AND SOCIALISTS. AND THE "AD- HERENTS OF CAPITALISM... BAVE BEEN HENDERED FUTILE BY THE THREAT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB WHICH MENAGES BOTH SIDES TO THESE DISPUTES WITH EX- TERMINATIONel pirogd
TIONED: TO-DAY ON THE INTERNAL SITUATION IN CHINA, SAID THAT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT WAS AWAITING THE COMMUNIST REPLY ON THE ISSUE OF THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES: THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, ALSO EARNESTLY HOP- ED THAT THE COMMUNISTS WOULD NOMINATE, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PROJECTED POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL AND SEND THEIR CHIEF OF STAFF, GENERAL YEH CHING- Mr. Eliza Stewart,! Philip YIH TO TAKE HIS PLACE ON THE MILITARY SUB- 'pines' residint "inco 1930, testi- COMMITTLE OF THREN, Har en fred pe fled that the Banto Tomas com-
mandant reduced the Interneco":
The counell's work is to com During the war, factories Safety demands world mono- poly of armed forco,. This should and ocoupled without incident
food to 600 calories dally Inst poso various outstanding issues, needed a large number of work be brought about by agreement. January. Instead at the Roun
at the normal except the administration of the powder factory at Tanthuy-
"It seems that this problem will 9,000.
Communist "fberated men to fulfil war time contracts. not be solved by reason but only ha In Cochin-China, where Troops and polisó in Tripoll, Jowish transmitter in Palestino She gald she supplemented her arong" and the nationalisation When the war ended, the con- by force or a threat of force stock of rubber had been dometropolitan centro of the Ita- for the fret time since it came on own diot: by oating grans Inter of the Chinese army, while the tracts were cancelled, throwing present the proponderance posited, an official Anglo-French|lian colony in North" Africa, the air two weeks AZONNAL ncea wezo prohibited from leaving statement said to-day, that were ordered to "ahoot all looters The Jamming started as the an- camp to kot greens although mury sub-committee is sup many persons out of work and of force Is on the aid of the Unit
Mopping up operations to the und fire if necessary to disperse Middle-Eact Asal countries dild outside the fence-Associated salon of the army and the dla of reconversion. OSIM
the plenty were available Immediately posal to deal with the reorganl factories face a great problem ad Stater. We gebould, therefore, do south of Balgon have met with groups of more than fiva perhot neist the Allies in the war, Prom.
ovorything we can to lacrosse this positioning of the Communist The situation is further ang It so great that tho ndernshry prepojideranco in the hope of mak- fairly strong opposition and sons Associated Preen.: "because they had no faith In
forced.
gravated by a shortage of furt monopoly of an armed force may Vlčáflots have been dropped, In-Sulvärsive Arab elementai Allendenst dealta Boloium, had purchanod 10,000 ding to, the Government's and of the raw materials to get be brought about without another'
vistory Pal in an
· Washingtoh, Nov. 8, viting the fuhabitant to return have been arrested in Kripolitanio,
with tho
headachen post-war
the to their homes,"
then moving. Cairo disturbances and the tons of surplus potatoes from the industrial crials in Chini Etwas announced to-nighting the thọn
High-pitched Interference, which announcer said that the only solu: United States, a Dellan ecohomie Cabinet spokesman Pod the four, national banka toed under the leadershià of a liberal About 380 Freich troops paródid: be a deliberate; Jam tion for thesish minorities, in misalon spekceman disclosed to
The government, has authoria-
monopoly warn secur havo landed from this Hinor apps fotos out the whold 899 fear of persecution. In our cotan day; He said it Hould all-Bol Chang, Heald to-day "Orontes for dullos. in Indo-one che della language train to himigrate to Pale lugstore staniceforogveral was facing, in thin, fös
China make loans, to deserving fac power such ge the United States
our niglitiaro would be onded and the forfos to nut Chint.Reuter,
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