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JANUARY
THE CHINA MAJI, MONDAY, JANUARY 21. 1946.
COMMITTEES WORKING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
CHUNGKING, JAN/20.
Won't Fight For THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE
3 Cents
Washington, Jan, 20,
Chart i
Henry Kniser, Mgg atvel operator, yesterday accepted President Truman's compromise
and clenoi a contract with the CLO, Meal workera,
n White House can: Budowing n ference with the President and 1,10). President Philip Murray, announced he will give
4,000 workers in Californin plant un 8.12 Increase
ป
tion 1,000 the number
to more of sterl
POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE, CONFERENCE ARE "WORKING" REGISD CLOSED DOORS IN AN AT." TEMPT TO RECONCILE THE DIFFERENT VIEW- POINTS WHICH HAVE MANIFESTED THEM- SELVES SINCE THE CONFERENCE OPENED ON JAN. 10.
Dairy Farm Burglary
Some time between 3 a.m. and 7 uɔm. yesterday morning thieves entered the premises of the Kowloon branch of the -Dairy-Bamm-and-stolo-a-large- quantity of tinned goods, gro ceru, cutlery and tablecloths.
The value of the property stolen is not ml known
Wedding Anniversary
FIRST REAL NEW YEAR SINCE 1941
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS HONG KONG WILL CELEBRATE CHINESE ̈ ̈ ̈NEW YEAR IN
STYLE. AND A MAMMOTH
TRADITIONAL BAZAAR WILI BE HELD ON THE ISLAND AND ANOTHER ON THE MAINLAND,
The sites of the bazaar will The money received will be spont be the same as before the war, 'in entables, games, and the in-
ter Rund from Fenwlek Street!
There will also be a lot of Hong druni-baring And and Stewart Road in
gong-and- Kong, and at Waterloo Road, timbrel beating, as well as lon Argyle Street and Nanchang fun that is the exclusiv
displays, part of the New Year
of the kiddies. forward to a noir New Year, yet
namely, that section of Citouces evitable firecracker.
New
Tosserve
Hong Kong can therefore look
withal the happiest for four years,
Memorial Service
to meet at ing, he said, to push their way was an internes at Stanley and various stalls late into the night. For Mr. T.F. Lo.
*Meanwhile, Communist qr-Affairs played in the
in-
Civi!
cloiciv
and Sydney. Mr. Hollands has been connerted with football in Hour Kong fur
many years He wan Hou, Secretary of the Association for many seasons, and served on the Council on several occasing A1 present he is representative of the Civilian teams on the Leaste Management Committee.
He played bowis regularly the Police Recreation Club.
Mr. and Mr.. Hollands family are leaving on leave some ttare in Minrch.
A
to make purchases or just out!
memorial service was held of curiosity.
All sorts of articles will be on yesterday mornine at the Chinese display, ranging from curios to Club for the late Mr. T. F. Lo, Blowera prominent Hong Kong barrister, gold-h. tovs to paper and though supplies and variety who died in the line of duty nt may not be as plentiful as in pre- the hands of the Japanese in 1843. The late Mr. Le took an active war years, enterprising traders
past beenbard in public nud social welfare have for some weeks
before the busily making preparations to work in the Colony bring in everything available | war, and was Commissioner of fron Canton and the interior for the Special Chinese Constabulary the orcaston.
the ti
of the Japanese altack on B Kong.
After the
in the mood Industry ware dispute 7HE FOUR OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ARE: FIRST- LY, REORGANISATION AND NATIONALISATION, OF THE ARMY. THE COMMUNISTS IFINT PHIS TO PROCEED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE DEC MOCRATISITION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
Street in Kowloon. Secondly, the proposed rear- He further charged that the rexmately
forces, frequently Mr. W. E. Hollands, of the Land)
The bazaar will be hell for 10 unisation of the State Counell Communist to be limited to gettird of its beaten in attacks from the saut-Balin Office, and Mrs. Holands days, beginning on January 22, s
Hourly CEDIA
on Chinese in their rights in anteding an alhe arned the continet verse he membership. They also want a skirts of the Inner Mongolian yesterday, celebrated the 26th, un-and ending
could not "onceive that a som fair share" of representation towns of Weisi and Paotow, niversary of their wedding which Year Eve, February 1, but it
both in Suiyuan province, were took place in
in Hong Kong:
will be during the last five daya leged pro-Nazi Fresh citizen of 12 cents, Che alifference in the Executive Yoan;
On the occasion of their silver that it will be in full swing, were try Thirdly, the Nation's Assem-netive again. They United State 1 Sterl
Jubilee last year, Mr. Hollands when endless crowds ml around and putting him abond a French tween dre warship, has brought the lafer ned Tresun'a 18-12 cents ply now scheduled
The Com-back again. Furthermore Mrs. Hollands and children |protocis should be permitted Nanking on May 1 tions of the two countries in retard of destroy the mostility munists would like an open gren-Communists were
continuing mates of Rosary Hill. their attacks in the direction of They
They have are several of real peace nid prosperity for prominence.
four children, Fauls, Jeral election; sided. France at the mantra is the
whs ( the Kupeikow, Great Wall border Frederick (Buster), who antion.
Fourthly, the draft of Meanwhile, wurkers
L.y་ standing pat 137 theanum
Jones and Constitution. The Communists town. 65 miles north of Polping,P.O.W. in Japan. Claude, all at Pitteborg worke
COMMUNIST CHARGES Sendered that she has never
Lnachlin Meel CompaHY Solned i want a parliamentary system- extraterritorial right, a. Britain the walk out in advance of mudelled on American and Brbei
at mid the lines.
ters in Chungking alleged the and the United State, vas done, the stod rike deadline
themselves beaded for Nationalists As truer trains In a stály Irgalak me this all to niche, peelin
stre spots, a high official of the vistating the truce agreement, is perfectly true.
Miktary Council to
Among the latest charges National diny fold the Associated Press were firstly that the Nationalists were mopping up and the that Communist operations waste. in full swing at widely scattered Kwangshan lghway centre in
in which points ranging from the heart south-eastern onli of tuner Mongolia ta palets near ja fruce team is being seal: ser- Nationalist that three fing tower reaches of 19 Yang- ondly,
divisions were "vigorously at-
TEN RUSSIANS COMMITTED ;
und, Shansi SULUDE AND 2 OTHERS IN- were trying to establish a cor- south-western JURED THEMSELVES AT DA, ridur from the lower Yangtze thirdly, the Nationabada have tive ap Prane's slaints to special Cui YESTERDAY IN PRO Producing & my the seized Tsoyun, 30 miles south- RE-EDUCATION IN fights in Cluna, but are them TEST AGALAST ATTEMPTS official gave the following picture west of the rail junction elly"of
THEM TO of
situation military
i Tutung in northern Shansi, --- up to the Japanese spamoved, pop TO REPATRIATE
UNITED STATES
Associated Press. pet regime of Wang Ching wei. RUSSIA.
PORERS EUROPEAS THEA China to-day,
The Communists. he said. Strictly, this could be un Prote
TRE HEADQUARTERS
the coust hom satisfactory to Chungking than to | NOUNCED YESTERDAY.
controlla!
north bank Girortal de Gaulle, tod die late 19.P.ET in making
the re-, virtually from the Ter's insistenz apa negotiation fort, said "som at least" of the of the Yangtze to a point rough-
being rely 100 miles south of Tientsin. his own treaty, as me of the 27 asian matinala
TSINAN POCKET first tasks of the new French Arinted from Dachau and wryed |
in the German hemed forers.
They had established then- Most of the group were loaded selves astride the eastern scetion hard a train for Russiu on Prof the Lunghial rail-read which day afternout, USPTents through northern Kiangsu but one of the grouts "ubjecteri strenuously." Associated Press. Lo the Yellow Sen.
also They had
established the Tainan themselves astride Tsingino railroad in Shantung province,
well understund on both RUSSIAN
France has been altogether wise
The SUICIDES
in making an issue ong of a
From situation key, at comm the diocic confuam which f exited along with the Vichy e gime in France.
This sering di
bassador to China would not, o
itself, give rise to any point of friction. It is noteworthy that
de Gaullist France, while arg
that French extraterritorial
in
ize.
FRANKFURT, JAN. 20. The Communists, he said, tacking" Yuncheng railnad, in
rights have not yet hern abandon Samurai
Samurai Drama
ed, has voluntarily actored to China the leased territory of Kwangchowwan
chow Peninunta tung.
Finished
the Liu- in
of Kwang,
Tsinan, capital of Shantung. was in the centre of a big poc-
by the Tokyo, Jan. 20. ket aurrondell
was Resture of goodwill Japan's Shockiku dramatic communists while Tsingtao
wait to say that it intends to figutatud mud accessible only by many mai abandon Kabakigdrama, whichsen.
The Communists, he assorted, portray the usual warrior.
Ocials said they have been had occupied the towns of Tung- is a large Clinese force occupprit studying the problem and conclud: koung and Tiancheng on the the northern half of Indo-China.d that the main contenta
un ore sense, certainly a clear re{ cognition that China's case cannot be challenged. Meantime, there
L
to-d
1
Big Sum For China's Warriors
Chinese
CANTON
for
and
Canton, Jan. 20. Mr. Chang Yun, special com
of missioner of the ministry education, kaa engaged in the task hero of erudicating from the minds of Chinese students the Japanese imperialistic propaganda to which they were subjected dur ine the ocenior.
Mr. Chang, who is chairman of the
committee
for
Chinese in Hong Kong have subscribed a total of CN569,426,
educational 178 towards the fund for providing
rehabilitation, direction and guid- relief and amenities tox soldiers and their dependents.
This informaation was revenied are for Kwantung and Kwang
celin, on Saturday of the provinces, conducted examin Chines
tions for
for more than 325 students Subscriptions Committee, at which it was decided that the and started the work of diverting
sount should now be remitted to Chungking
It was also revealed that sub- seruptions in old towards the fund for erecting a statue to Generally simo Chiang Kai-shek amounted "14 39 100«; and a B-committE" was formed to push ahead with the project.
VEHICULAR FERRY
many
nt
Enla
l Hong Kong he
SOUVENIR HUNTERS The bazuar will be something of a novelty to members of the heined members of the Constabul- Services, for many of whom itary to escape to the interior and will be the first of the kind they otherwise rendered help to the have seen. It is expected that it common cause. It was while he will be a happy hunting-ground was engaged in these nalivities that he was arrested by the Japa- for souvenir hunten, for the
exhibits. DI display
forfeited nese and subsequently will doubtless be Bone of the his life. finest specimens of Chinese handi- The service held yesterday was craft.
organized by his large circle of Pick-pockets, too, will be seck-friends in the Colony. anil wod ing a lucrative trade, an in the
well attended. Among these pre- cheerful jostling which forms asent were high Government off- Chow Ngan-pan. feature of the occasion, they will cia, General the difficult to detect. The public head of
Chinese be diff
Military is therefore warned to keep half Mission, Sir
Rober! Ilo Tung, their mind on objects on dis and Mr. M. K. Lo,
the nlay, and the other half on their
CORRESPONDENCE purses
Apart from the bazaar, shops selling shoes, hats und wearing to do well
apparels also expect
s those Chinese who can possibly
afford it, consider it important to buy a new suit and a new pair of shoes to be worn on New Year's Day
The Retort
Sir-Regarding the letter sign-
causo
Bru
SERVICE Hong Kong is to have the vehi- calar ferry running again as from to-day, but, for the time being, it is confined to Service use,
left that can be put in commission, Free medical treatment will be the "Man Yeung". wil run the for given by eight native doctors in service and will operate a 90- Hong Kong and ten in Kowloon,minute schedule between the Yehi
ed "Two Ambassadors in your Saturday's issue, may I slate that the subicct is not only uncalled for but that it is also extremely their thinking to democratic Chi-
TILE: OLIMAX need channel;
mischievous in that it away from such
The climax of the celebration a certain amount
tay of ill feeling "East Asin will be New Year's Eve. February between two friendly communities. Japanese alagana as
city" and others.-Asso-1. which will be an overnight
The Two Ambassadore" The affair. when the Chinese will ointed Press,
certainly not versed with local usher in the New Year with and historical facts, nor do they boisterous cracker-firing, and the know the truth of evening of streets will be packed with pe- these last eventful years. If they destrians well into the carly hours do, then, they have distorted facts of the morning, Cracker-firing as agents provocateurs would do. will begin from about sunset on I will not discuss matters. which New Year's Eve, with a real salvo
may cause ill will amongst us, but !
place to the now, and the Aring
recent facts regarding the Por- will be kept up
intermittently tagueso Community of Hong the next few days, to start Kong sumber about 3,000 and out. away the evil spirits, and ure.
HERBALISTS
The only vehicular ferry vessel midnight as the old year gives I must place before them come
In Shansi, the official declared and their prescriptions will be fill-cular Ferry Wharf in Hong Kong every Day is the kidding ish Subjects by birth. In the
made
Some two thirds of the original Kabual draina was ferdalinic and Tientsin-Puke railroad, The FREE TREATMENT BY
"far from the scial alination of also controlled an extensive si
of the Peiping-Hankow ratrend force has beent withdrawn, accord
the Nationalist-hel! ing:
official announcements, Allied Headquarters earlier had between
Hean but those that remain are still suf- banned time's Kabuki plays na the towns of Anyang in
a happy and prosperous year for of this number some 90% are Bri- ficiently large to serve as a ikur-famed "47 Ronin" in which Sanand Shichiachuang in Hopei.
in the settlement fais undergo a year of hardship
New gaining point
avenge the death of their lord. the Communists were attackinged free of charm at 22 herbal and the Jordan Road Wharf in
Kowloon,
pro-war years almost every able. day, and children will be prancing boitied nan which in the very near future will-Associated Press,
A Day.
community of the in the direction of the Tutun shops, as from January 23,
been This announcement has
about the streets, wearing their i ger have to be reached, There is
by the Hany
Hong Kong Chinese
"Boware of nickpockets" warn best and, in accordance with trade Colony in one way or another, and we are proud of this suggestion that the Chinese Gur- A small fire brukt out on a junk Puchow railroad from the east
Com- tion, will receive lai ahi or mone record. When the enemy entered from Shensi were taking part in
The number of cases to be dealt in posters issued by the
ralssioner of Police are now ernment are requesting join Sin in the Yauma Tenhoon shelter and west. He alleged that forces Relief Association.
ex-tary gifts wrapped in red paper the Colony in December 1941, the Hast night. No great damage was French ownership of
with by each doctor will, in the be-hibited at theatres and other from their elders as well as rela- the attack. the Kun.
community suffered extensively dou.
ginning, be limited to 50 a day. places where large crowds gather. Lives and friends of their parents from looting.
Only ming-Haiphong Railway, and tree
A very fow fermilles escilind this horror. port arrangements at Haiphong
With little left and not even similar
those
by Kiven
thinking of collaborating with the Dai-
80 of the Russia
com- enday about Chinn
Icht
for Macao. Only a 'The ren.
economic import- ance of the railway to both some
auch that negotiations | tries is should not be excessively difficult. Main king is that, for the sake of future relations between the two countries, discussions for the settlement of all qutstanding points should, not be unduly de- layed.
to
at
PRESS PRIVILEGES IN MANCHURIA
Shanghai, Jan. 20. Lieut-Gen, Albert C. Wede- Commander of United
meyer
Search For Evidence
On U.S.
U.S. Fliers
REMAINS OF UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVAL: AIR FORCE PERSONNEL WHO CRASHED OR WERE SHOT DOWN OVER HONG KONG ARE NOW BEING SOUGHT BY A CHINA THEATRE SEARCH SUB-DETACHMENT WHO ARE INVESTI- GATING EVERY LITTLE BIT OF EVIDENCE AVAILABLE IN AN ENDEAVOUR TO ESTABLISH THE FATE OF ALL UNITED STATES AIRMEN WHO WERE DROUGHT DOWN OVER HONG KONG OR THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ARE STILL YET LISTED AS MISSING.
At present, only Chinese Cen-alt and thero is conclusive evi- the command of It. Franklin r
that the crow had little Wallace.
Two members of the unit aro
This medien sorvien is being provided from the Chinese Govern ment Relief Fund.
A BIT CROWDED
Rockford, J., Jan. 20.
years old, reached into his pocket for his automobile kaya and pulled out. momebody's - billfoki conlaining $111.
Gene Archer, 09
He
didn't know how it got there but gave it to the police. They decided the owner might have been standing next to him in crowded markat and put his bill- fold into Archer's pocket instead of his own.Associated Press.
DOG TO EAT DOG?
Berlin, Jan. 20,
Outlook On Brighter
Bread Front
(By Eric Downton).
Moscow, Jan. 20.
Russians entered the New Year with prospects of more and bet- ter bread-the most important single item in Russian diet. Huriests will be much large-, in 1946 than they have been pre viously, partly owing to increased yields per acre, but also ne ing to extra land available in liberated areas and new methodli, such as the use of perennial wheat. Crops are also being rais- ed in northern areas where wheat has not before been graton.
DI
mul remained behind w curry
on, and these were bitterly per- By secuted by the Japanese. the end of 1943 of this for, over 30 men and women wore impri- soned.
We wore extremely fortunato In having that haven Macao 50 close to us, and we have to thank God that in those dark days wo had a man like Commander Ga- briel Teixeira as the Governor of that city and that H Britannic Majesty's Government had such an able and understanding man as Consul in the person of Mr. John P. Reeves 0.B.E,
We belong to Hong Kong and
An American Military Govern- According to some estimates for "dependents" (non-workers, are proud of the Empire. Loyal- ment Committed to-day proposed here, the next
five years may old folk, some invalids); chll-ty is our second nature.- of United Stakes Armed Forces' ro- Theatre under the command States Forces in China, told a
overall increase in the dren's rations were increased to-day hegulations declare a man dead only Col. Dave Barrelt, who is station that the German people partici, seo an conference
grammeş 4400 KWANGTUNG'S WAR press
Nazis. would dispatch a request immeafter two years hayo passed from ed at Nanjang, The Canton Sub-to in the weeding out of the Soviet grain crop of 30 or 60 from 300
per cent. Another catimate is grammes (just over 12 079.) are responsiblo It suggested that anti-Nazin be
DISTRESS diately to Chiang fui-shek for the date he was posted as missing. Detachment, who permission for Allled correspon- opt in cases where, for exam-for a search to be conducted along
1/6 A POUND
Shanghai, Jan, 20. to some extent dents to enter Mukden and other plane has been seen to the whole Kwangtung const-line tamed for the denazification plan that all bread ratlouing will about two months ago.
crash b another during an air and on ilaian Leinnd. are under with special prosecutors and mom- cease within two years though
bers of tribunals for the supervi- this depends
U.N.R.R.A, field ropresentativos. Half this ration is obtainable Manchurian cities.
alon and registration of suspected upon weather conditions and Nais.
Russia's ecmmitments in feed-in white bread, half in black.id to-day that famine and dis case killed approximately 130,000 tral News Agency correspon-chances of survival. Members of
The white is good quality and j The final declion on the status ing devastated Europe,
person in Kwantung province In The Soviet Government gives the black wholesome,
the past three yeni, denta are permitted pnat Chin- such crows en whose fate nothin
with haten. Wedemeyer enid he felt definite has been established are now in Canton and one in Swatow. of suspected Nazia would remain
close attention to problems of Black bread, when bought ou stricken people in eno town crawl- the story of the reoccupation of posled as killed in action after the In Hong Kong are Lout, W. K. with the Military Government.
Patch and Mensen, E. F. Vanden Associated PresSS.
grain yields, constantly trying ration coupons, costs one rouble ing into collins to await death.
Kannetung. China's southern- the Manchurian cities Is legl-lapse of one year,
to increase harvests and extend a kilogramme (about 6d. a lb.), Tares members of the Canton berg and R.M.S. Wong. The search
AN RA.F. DANCE international nows to
areas under the plough. timato
and white bread ons rouble 10 most province; suffered overs
or two The nation's interest in the kopeks
roubles 80 famine in 1943-44 and still has which the world preas should Sub-Unit of the Clins, Theatre in the Canton area has resulted Search Detachment are in Hong in the recovery of seven identified
U.N.R.R.A TO- and four, unidentified airmen In A vory Buccessful danco have accessAapociated Prees.
Kong at present following Hong Kong, the unit expects, to held at the Kowloon Tong Club the daily reports in newspapers 10d.-1/6d. a b.), the latter be leas
progress of crops is reflected in kopeks a kilogramme (between not recovered.
said, adding that at prenentatives available clues on, airman who
least half of the pouulase is JEEP TRAGEDY
wore Joat over the area and how collect more definito evidence on last night by the 184 RS.U.|
undernourished and needs, direct what happened missing already, collected for shipment to me and to old the ridend (Rescue and Salvage Unit) Royal detailing the progress of haring the best available quality.
Bread may be bought in prae- | food and relluf.--Associated Press, showings, and general Air Force. An unknown Chino, apparent Shang the romains of airmen for information for anyone that
Music was by the R.A.F. Central grain prospects. Lending artistically unrestricted quantities
WANT MONEY BACK ly of the coolie class, was knockod found at Bridge Hill. above the would be of the slightest servico Band and among those present cles in the various newspapers in "commercial" atorex-atoves |
Tak rozervoir on the toward this and. down by a loop near the Naval Thai Thun
Wing Commander Connolly, constantly call for bigger yields which soll goods without ration Yard entrance, abortly after 250 Island, and at Nam Lune, near
The unit may be found at the D.F.C..
Elthor because they consider Squadron Leader and Increased and
efforts on the coupons, but at much higher pan. yforday He died while on Cagle Posic. in the Now Terri
torica. Last resting place for these United States Consulate, Hong Spenser,
part of farmers, Collective farms prices. A kilogramme of black that they have been asped or are the way to hospital.
will probably be the proposed Kong and Shanghai Bank Build A Naval Patrol boat took.in tom lagging in their 'vields are nom~ at a commercial store costs 24 in nood of money, several Ameri-
Atter completion
ed and sharply reprimanded. roubles (about 11/ a b.) and can servicemen have, in the pant of the work in Hong Kong and the to the Police pier yesterday an
Daily rations are 650 (about white brend 00 roubles (about fow dave, domanded their money Kwangchowman-Fort Bayard area, abandoned dinghy found near the
sa wabchen or curios. There are 10 sub-detachment. It will more on to Hainan and ox, Hol's Wharf. The dinghy was 21 oz.) and 550 (about 19 ots.) 42/- alb.). All bread prices back on the return of articles such for workers; 800 have decreased during the past The police have received several of from a half dozen to a dozen pects to complete its mission by about nine feet long and of a bin-grammes
grammes (between 9 to 10 ora:) "-your--Reg members, operating in the China the end of APEL
+
A notabia arrival in the Colony Mr. Hou Shih-ving, Director of the Chinose National Relief Ad *ministration, and Arobamader to FLORA, who war broke ous in the
United Statos Armed Forcos Na-ing. 2nd floor. tional Cemetery at Shanghai.
TEN GROUPPS
were
WLO
veats,