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No. 86.
Wednesday, December 19th, 1945.
HOUSE OF LORDS WARNED
Loan Agreement Debate Begins
LONDON, DEC
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESALAN TO DAY ASKED TH
HOUSE OF LARDS FOR A QUICK APPROVAL DE THE $1,400,000,000 AMERICAN LOAN TO BRITAIN AND OF THE BRETTON WOODS WORLD RANK WARNING THAT FIM ALTERNATIVE WAS BEDRO MIC CHAON.
LORD PETHICK LAWRENC
THE ADOPTION
OF THE GOVERNMENTS RESOLUTION. SORERLY TOLD THE PACKED I, NË HES I BEG ANY DE VOR CONTEMPLATING DAINST THIS AGREEMENT TO WEIGH CAKEFE LEA BEFORE HOING SO WHAT WIFI. RE THE CONSEQT ENCY of ITS REJECTION
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madele The 20th fears RE TURNED TO KAL TAK Load Bones hriank. priscopal YESTERDAY AFTER AN OO of the loan and the Bet ERRAND TRE HANDL FIAT For Woods agreement, walladresse MEANT LIFE OR DEATH 11 merdanel to both lanes. OFFICER LYING. but his senciates and he woolsh A NAVAL CRITICA LŁY ILL THERE
full on both mastodo
MARSHALLING SUPPORT Beaverbrook was murshadhag under Chinese control. doctoral among imtarialists and
The aircraft, pulotril by KIN Peder Marsh, of West colin. Hexbo York, Go to Hangs, which
and
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refour advocates,
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KAKUNSTRAATt of meteuljes EC and other applies within a few gardless of party, in his attempt Tour of B urgent regaini
I bent down He menMUNTANA, having been received in leng He rght uppout from thes Kong, ond before the Dakota wat
imperialists also and from Lord endy to leave for Ka Tak. Sempills, nazal offer was alreads
way to w recovery.
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over run the Colony, M
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and Mrs. Frederick das al theatram veting bar ehlidren and Man
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in Indo-China, he was arrestet by The Japanese
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{'}};} Sammel, Lateral told the Bause of Lords that it America appeared to hedge the Fat trement with mistrust Britain abenell vonaider The American viewond
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VOLUNTEER MAINTENANCE TO CEASE
AMENDMENT DROPPED Tandon, The IK Lord Beast kanposeat LF! $4,400,000,000 American an
1. Bituin #7446 "f The Bustion '!!« international monetary plan. abruptly withdrew hi ameriment weainst both mensures in the House of Lords on Monday, but instated he would still fit "Ge the relection of the menzures.
Benverbrook's
netion ART minutes after the Hause of Lords heran its fateful | debate the ensures
The Amendment * Iă v 10
the government motion inviting Lants in SURRENDERED,
koprove the Angin. OF THE H.K.V.D.C.
Agurican settlement. It asked for AND THEIR DEPENDENTS HAVE the reiection of the arreement be- BEEN FED, CLOTHEL AND. IN SOME CASES HOUSED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AD MINISTRATION'S POLICY
SINCE
THE
JAPANESE MEMBERS
However, says an offlal state Tat issued yesterday.
it is thought that a date might now be reasonably fixed after which they shall cease to draw upon public funds.
Mobilised volunteers have had the benefit of five months'
them further support. Maintenance of
cause it would involve return to the void siuruinada and other dis. Cleanfuges to Reidsin.
Making the withdrawal, Beaver- brook snitt that it did not imply that his position or his suppor
HOW
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SUPPORT IIIS WILL VOTE
VIEWPOINT AGAINST THE
Pure Fraud
Washington Dec. 18. Sraator Brooks, Republican
Humain.
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Be derlied that the agre
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CHUNGKING
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MACKENZIE KING URGES WORLD GOVERNMENT
OTTAWA, DEC. 18.
IS
OF
THE CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER, MR, MACKENZIE.
KING, TOLD THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT ON MONDAY THAT. A FORM OF WORLD GOVERNMENT WITH THE VARIOUS NATIONS SURRENDERING SOME OF THEIR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTIES THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE ATOMIC BOMB AND THE ATOMIC ERA. "IT IS AN ERROR TO CONTEMPLATE CONTROL
THE USE OF ATOMIC ENERGY IN COMMODITY TERMS AS IF THE ATOMIC ENERGY WERE SOME NEW AND DANGEROUS DRUG," MACKENZIE KING SAID, MAKING HIS FIRST REPORT TO THE COUN
TRY ON THE ATOMIC DIS CUSSIONS WITH MR. ATT- LEE AND PRESIDENT TRUMAN A MONTH AGO, "Technical and scientific on trola of production, processing and final disponition are indis- pensable, but they are obvious- ly inadequate. It would. 3 be tieve, be criminal folly to allow murselves to imagine that the peace and solidarity of mankind can be attained by any scheme of commodity control," he en tinued.
About
Warships for China
WASHINGTON, DEC. 18. SHAPERS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL NAVAL POLICY TU. DAY CAST A DUBIOUS EYE AT THE NAVY'S PRO. POSAL TO TURN OVER EXCESS AMERICAN FIGHT- ING SHIPS TO THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA. THE PROPOSAL ADVANCED BY NAVY SECRETARY JAMES FORRESTAL IN A LETTER TO SPEAKER RAYBURN, DEMOCRAT, OF TEXAS, CAUGHT CON GRESS OFF GUARD.
Mr. MacKenzie Kinz deela od that the ultimate solution of the problema of thet atori A L'AL
"They admit" he said, "ef he mechanistic solation. By the selves devices for the control of
"This is He first I have heard þeleven Cruisers,” a elomantle would be found only is the realm of it" Chairman Carl Vingon, I member said.
of philosophy and mon Bemeral of Georgia, of the "Before we give theta away House Naval Committee told re or sell them we should he cop Fourtera. "I am not saying nay-tain we don't need them our
thing until I know more about selves and that There is me atomic energy are at best in what they have in mind."
chance they will ever be vsod, temporary expedient " against us. There is JOY WA
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A Pleasure
Konena City, Dec. 18. An,upplication for the jub of hanging General Yama- akita hvan to-day air-mailed to General MacArthur bu Milton Baker.
Baker was captured by the Japanese at Datanu in 1942 and become a prisoner in their hands for 3
yeure unit 8 months.
Associated Press.
Ex-P.O.W. Not Ab'e To Sit
In Judgment
YOKOHAMA, DEC. 18.
A MEMBER OF THE MILI TARY COMMISSION BIN NING THE TRIALS HERE OF NEARLY 400 JAPANESE CHARGED WITH MISTREAT MENT OF PRISONERS WAS REMOVED TO-DAY ON DE FENCE PROTESTS THAT HE Vanson indicated he would on
WAS UNABLE TO GIVE A in no hurry to call the Navy's knowing whether #hin THE CAL
FAIR VERDICT BECAUSE suppgræntion to the adfention of juble of wing such ships, effec
HE WAS FORMERLY A FRE Certainly
61 | SONER OF THE JAPANESH operiste farm now
world government. he set the He is Colonel Jobs Ball. SEGGESTS S. AMERI'A |Batted Nations Organisations "ge | Williamstown, Pa., who spent He aggrested that fremnly not a sufficient answer" although three years in a Japanese pr South
American repubbes be it might be regarded as a Peyton camp after participating in arven first cheire of any on th step.
the "death nurch of Bulan "With a limited star mist Ball was challenged by lent
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Navy Serreiney Porresha! and ed Congress to engel the ngis Hlation, which, he said.
provide China with 105 help maintain
thei pence a Pacific. He subasified the draft of a hill to authorise the tran
20
Sheppard, Democrat. fornia. Chairman of the Appea priætums Nub-Committee bund THE MINESTEK OF
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know anything about 11 LAKED TODAY AS HIS there are lot of things "PERSONAL OPINIIN" THATĪt, know THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT Another Congreso WOULD AGREE TO A COALI
look like privately. "This WITH
THE TION MUNISTS PROVIDED THERE move in the direction of using WERE NO
INDEPENDENT, the Navy to play worki polities. ARMIES OR TERRITORIES IN Apparently we are to give away CHINA
cor surplus ships to afrengthen We apol the Comments The hand of Chiang Kai-shek wanted to rotam then armar and his fight with the Commundata obtain independent Control over
222 MAY BE LEFT The Northern provinces where the perit af rivi
VOLET is greatest The Minister declared that olli vtal quarters did n Consider President Truman's statement America's hinn light of a WATHINK aims are sentical the National
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Premtent.
the
FIRST STEP ONLY
Adventing
of national sovereignty theer Colonel John Dickinsen, chuet must be instituted same form defened counsel, on the ground. of world government restrict-|that his experience as a *rison ed at least to mentier pertinea
er would result in premalive. mg to the prevention of war and maintenance of interna tional arcurity.
He replied that "generally he believed he would be empre Judiced and said he T:
fer of surplus United State "The coming of the atomie fatrocities should be blamed ta naval vessels to China and bomb has opened appalling po.the individual but not on the assignment of offers und ensibilities which will face The Japanese as a group. listed men to ald China is es world if the United Nations | Despite his assertion. hors Tablishing its navy
should fail to achieve effective fever, the Commission tí 20 No Indication was given as cooperation."Assuciated Press, Chamber Session ruled that
Abolition Of IM.OI.
Inhould withdraw from the trial of Tatsuo Tsuchiya, first to be arraigned. Associated Press.
U.S. WARSHIPS KNOCKED
A member of e Hotel the number of nature of the pointed out that Forrestal had surplus vessels to be involved. emphasised
It was recalled that Japan des 'excess iat nival vessels of any type" which he troyed what navy China had and pulley in
as a result China has no navy propemed that President Truman because the
nucleus on which to build. be authorised to give, lend r with {Furat* £v*
Officers and men asaivnoch te sell would be earmarked
the Chinese navy would be en-
LONDON, DEC. 18. declarations The Repulite of China,"
titled to such compensation and
MINIS. BRITISH PRIME drew enthusiastar approval from! A few months ago the Cane
caluments as the Chinese G-TER Government kader. Kenerally mittee had reported that there
CLEMENT ATTLEE Just polite
from the would be a surplus of 222 madition to full seegticism
pay allowanceMONS YESTERDAY THAT Communists whose cresentatives
combat ships were calling
After he and benefits or service in the THE GOVERNMENT PLAN- on the Government
LONDON, DEC. 18. delegates in preparation for the Navy's post-war needs are met.
American nave.
NED
THE TO ABOLISH "Among these
AMERICAN WAIL- six bat- JEYO resumption of peace talks. A540-
GOOD CONSCIENCE
MINISTRY OF INFORMA-SHIPS, THE AIRCRAFT CAR÷ four ciated Pres
tleships.
carriers and
Forrestal said the proposed |TION AND ́THAT IT WOULD | RIER WASP, AND THE legislation would authorise that BE SUCCEEDED BY A NEW CRUISER AUGUSTA, WERE surplus ships could be given, ORGANISATION.
DAMAGED IN A TERRIFIC sold, exchanged or transferred
war GALE WHICH SWEPT OVER
CONNALLY IN MINORITY OF ONE
WASHINGTON, DEC. 18... SENATOR ROBERT WAGNER, DEMOCRAT, OF NEW
YORK, TOLD THE SENATE TO-DAY THAT PALES- TINE PRESENTS A TEST OF WHETHER THE WORLD IS READY TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLES OF JUS- THE AND MORALITY AS A MEANS OF MAINTAIN- ING PEACE. WAGNER DECLARED THAT THE QUESTION OF JEWISH
AMMIGRATION TO PALESTINE MIGHT APPEAR SMALL IN WORLD AFFAIRS BUT IS TERRIBLY IM- PORTANT AS A TEST OF THE "INTEGRITY OF THE CONSCIENCE OF MANKIND" AND AS A "SIGN- POST OF WHERE THE WORLD IS GOING."
will rise to the enormously GOVERNMENT WHEN THE larger problems of the future?**
OIL IN OFFING!
ted Press.
vernment might provide in ad- TOLD THE HOUSE OF COM- ABOUT IN GALE
Established during the
TWO
F
to..
to China on any terms the Pre- } the Minister of Information THE MID-ATLANTIC AND sident migh! deem proper served as the fountain of in- BATTERED THE COAST OF Forrestal said the proposal.com-formation for practically all ENGLAND YESTERDAY. form with recent recommenda- | branches of the governinent. The Navy said the Wasp wi tians of the joint chiefs of staff Attlee said the government en route to Southampton and the State, War and was considering maintaining pick up troops when it ran inte Navy departments co-ordinating the information services but on the storm on Monday, and ind ceynmillée. He said is that a "substantially reduced scale the steel curtain of the hanger the Navy Department had reas compared with war time." deck washed away. ceived advice from the White fle sald that the information The Augusta, en route to the House on the subject.
Bervices would continue abrond | United States from Britain Forrestal wrote to a congres and would be under the general with troops, had her starboard sional leader that "national in-supervision of the Foreign Of-side crushed in one UF two. Lerest as well as consideratious | fice.-Associated Presa.
of good conscience require that
the United States Rived to
the Republic of China by assit Singapore ing that nation in mintalolar Strike
a navy."
Kone
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ships by Japan, he said the us Citing destruction of China's
Singapore, Dec. 18. Elght thousand
civilian tion had no industrial facilities ployees of the British Military
have Administration or technical experience with regardless of
atrike
here over a demand for which to rebuild. Associatesi
higher wages, bringing the total number of strikers in Singapore to 10,000.
Authorities said that essential services are not affect by the strike.
Japanese
now and
Indonesian Ack Ack Skill
No More Transport For China
SHANGHAI, DEC. 18.
prisonera, organized
places. No casualties were ru-, ported from either ship. ARA sociated Press.
Chiang's Plans Secret
Chungking, Dec. 18. The Generalissimo may meef General George Marshall, new United States Ambassador to Chungking, in Shanghai, but not six people in China to-day know for sure.
When China's leader is tra-
In labour Range, were assigned velling about the country he. to many vacated job-Associat-makes snap decisions — usual-
AMERICAN FORCES IN ed Press. CHINA WERE REPORTED
RELIABLY TO-DAY TO HAVE BIG THREE `SILENT
REFUSED TO TRANSPORT
ly at about two hours' notice --- where he is going and when, Government ministers in Chung-
Moscow, Dec. 18. king have ney cluo where Gen- ADDITIONAL CHINESE The second acasion of the for-eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek will TROOPS BY AIR OR SEA. Jeign ministers of Russla, Bri-go from Peiping-but they all Informed quarters said retain and the United States con- have their own gueggc9,--Kou- queste from the Chinese No- eluded last night after dincua- tor. tionalist Government for Auchsions lasted one hour and 40
Wagner urged Senate ap-Taft, Republican of Ohio, favour lers in the House of Lords world Proval of a resolution favourug ing the establishment of Palestine £ a democratic Commonwealth be any less keen, but merely would the establishment of Palestine enable a straight vote to be taken as a democratic Commonsventh in which all men, for or against, the Government's in which all men, regardless of
raen of creed, shall have equal motion. --Associated Press.
race or creed, shall have equalight." The Senate rejected the Press. LONDON, DEC. 18.
amendment by Senator Hart, Re- rights."
publican of Conneticut, to BEAVERBROOK'S
Provide LORD
The Senator said that both the working out of
the problem intenance. On the expiry WITHDRAWAL OF HIS MO- Britain and the United States with other nations, including the Their demoliation leave, there
FOR REJECTION OF Eure, it is not proposed to runt THE WASHINGTON LOAN had promised us much and ask-Arab staten. Chairman Connally, AGREEMENT DOES NOT ed: "If the great world powers who was the loue "No" voter, salá demobilised MEAN HE HAS WITHDRAWN profess themselves incompetent the President did not regard the volunteers, who have been cured S OPPOSITION TO THE to deal honestly and fairly with resolution as advisable fur since re-occupation of Hong LOAN. AND IT IS PROBABLE a matter of this size what hope did not want it passed--Araocint- Kong, will cease as from JaneyTHAT HE AND THOSE WHO or faith can we have that they 15. 1946.
There
are at present vacancies. in some offices of the Administra tion, and special consideration for employment will be given to Volun- teure by all branches,
Mobilised personnel who were in P.O.W. Campa on 15.8.45 will be sufficient in numbers to promote Britain or the United States'
RATAVIA, DEC. 18 transportation already had been minutes. The ovening session MAISONS TOLEREES parade at IQ to receive a fur- Lords-Commons crisis which from a "course of honour, how would ensue if there was a in- pitifully inadequate is the state
TRAINED INDONESIAN rejected. jority vole against
ACK-ACK GUNNERS.
The information the Govern-of our International morality,"
IN
any official statement on what TO CLOSE IN PARIS! JAVA ARE INFLICTING with a report from Peiping ear- eccurred. (Continued on Page 6)
declared Wagner.
| HEAVIER PROPORTIONAL ller to-day where sources de- All sources maintained strlet "Permanent peace", Wagner LOSSES ON THE BRITISH scribed as "authoritative"
Porio, Dec. 18... - asilence regarding the vital talks declared, "can rest enly upon a
All consed heuren of prostitu THAN THE
JAPANESE serted that American transport on global matters. The confortion in the Paris area foundation of external basis of WERE ABLE TO IMPLICT IN planes would aid the Chinese ences are being held in Moscow's closed within three months, and will be All Other Units:-Friday, 21st To Die
morality. Permanent peace re- BURMA AN R.A.F. SPOKIE- National Aviation Corporation palatial Spiridonovka mansion. the city's registered prostitutes quires justice, truth and fair
in flying Chinese troopa to Muk- MAN SAID-TO-DAY.
will be subject to strict control, -Associated Press. LONDON, DEC. 18. dealing toward the weak as well
the profoot of polioo Charles THE BRITISH HOME as the strong, toward the op-i
Group Captain W. D. Davis, den and Harbin. Associated Advances will be made necord- SECRETARY,
Preas.
Luizot announced at a. Paris MR. JAMES pressed as well as the free, to Senior Staff Officer of the Al-
JOYCE APPEAL FAILS.
municipal council meeting ing to wcales posted on HQ, and CHUTER EDE, TO-DAY SAID ward those who pre homeless as lied Forros in the Netherlands
Monday. Company Notice Boards.
THAT NO REPRIEVE WOULD wall as those who aro accitra. East In 13, disclosed at INDIAN BATTALION
13 or 11 planes this fin ARRIVES IN H.K.
ther advance against arrears of
pay an follows:~-
growing
DIVISION IS CALLED. There in a steadily conviction, however, that Lord Beaverbrook's supporters will not
Nursing Detachment:-Thurs., ment motion. 20th Dec, 0830 hra.
No. 6 Coy.. No. 6 Cov.. Field Ambulance: Thur, 20th
1000 hrs.
Dec., 1000 bra.
Dee, John Amery
Officers: 20th and 21st Dec., 1400 hrs.
MILDER WEATHER
PROMISED
If small pressures such as the Arabian oil concessions are suf- ficient threats to divert Great
nows
conference (hint the B.A.F. Just-
Java
BE GRANTED TO JOHN RESOLUTION PASSED AMERY,
The Senate Foreign Relations Ede, said the Nazi radio pro- Committee to-day called on the Fair and cold carly brightpagandist would be hangai on
United States Government to use
He said the Japanese during porlod Inter, becoming slowly Wednesday for high treason.
ita. offices with Britain toward their sccupation trained Indo- milder. Light month casterly to Amery is the son of L. S. opening Palestine to free untry nosion ack-rekss so thorough 'casterly winds,
of Jowa. was Secretary of Amery, who Yosterday's temporatures:-
The Senate pared the resolu-ly that their defection Maximum:-61 degrees at 3pm.
State for India in the Chur- tion by Serator Wagner, Demo- exactly right, almost like the Minimum:-6 degrees at 7 am. Ichill Cabinet-Associated Pro88. crat of New York and Semtor Germans Asociated-Pros
“
Was
conflicted
terminated without issuance of
London, Dec. 18.
Licensed houses number 178, The appeal by William "Lord Luizet, in whose handa the final Haw Haw" Joyce, under. "sen- locision rests, Announced his.. tence of death for high tronson, plans, after the counell had spent was dismissed to-day by the the entire afternoon debating the House of Lords, Britain's court: question. The pollou official's deci- of last resort. Joyce was can by a woman council mombor who
elon followed a capmalen waged. victed of engaging in propagan-alleged she had been offered 1,000," emda broadcasts for the Nazis.000 franos if she would drop hor
-Associated Prens."
campaign=Associated Press,
Iteinforcements for, the Hong Kong garrison were brought in by the a.s, Aronda which locked in harbour yesterday afternoon
She brought in a batfallen of Jodhpur Infantry, whe barked in Mudracı
sang at Tahag bhukuesito la prepara mahariwan) arvoning van hapësh e gjyshimejika dispõetitian drama da dongan dringential spitjatena wanang, Malte montare potuimuri tiu tendina taustento digits set igich are none caspoonfatal plantaarnaasthan, opettajak ngemutatudnia kaugen, a pressman pasta toisekimas anggeant ingen annanokoa watapizten