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Vol. II. No. 118. Wednesday, January 23rd, 1946.
WORDY SESSIONS
Talk But No Deeds In Chungking
By Doon Campbell).
CHUNGKING, JAN, 22. IN SIX SESSIONS THE DELEGATES TO CHINA'S ALL-
PARTY POLITICAL CONSULTATION CONFER ENCE RAVE SPOKEN SOMETHING LESS THAN A QUARTER MILIJON WORDS WITHOUT A VOTE OR A DECISION.
ALTHOUGH THE COUNCIL. HIS ALREADY LIFED
HALF ITS LIFE. MEMBERS ARE STILL QUIB BLING OFER ITS FUNCTIONS AND COMPET ENCE TO DEAL WITH A NUMBER OF CONTRO- FERSIAL ISSUES. AN INCREASING TENDENCY
BUDDHA ARMOURY
'Nara, Jan, 22.
The Great 'Daibuture bronze Buddha, largest in the world, in waiting to be demilitarized.
American
dis- troops covered that the Japanese stored hundreds of cases of military supplies near the 53% foot idol which at- tracted thousands of pro- war tourists to Naru, Ja- pan's first capital--As- ciated Press.
TO PIGEON HOLE PROBLEMS, OR REFER THEM U.S. SAILORS.
TO TECHNICHE COMMITTEES OR SPECIAL SUB-COMMITTEES HAS DEVELOPED.
One day there was three, non-military man, who is neither hours of worda
on thy is cratisation of the Government The next, there was three hours of the rising on the reorganisa.
a metoher of the Kuomintang nor of the Communist Party,"
And the last of General Chou's 12 polni is that all foreign loans
BEATEN UP
SHANGHAI, JAN. 22. SEVERAL UNITED STATES BEATEN SAILORS WERE
Price 10 cts.
EUROPEAN WOMEN IN FIGHT: COURT STORY
THE WEATHER --- To-day's forecast: Continu→ ing fine, cool. Light to moder- ate easterly winds →→→
Yesterday's temperatura:
Maximum:-67 degrees atj
12.30 p.m.
Minimum:-58 degrees at
7 a.m.
SOCIALIST TAKES DE GAULLE'S POST
PARIS, JAN. 22.
THE COMMUNIST PARTY HAS PROPOSED TO THE SOCIALIST PARTY THE FORMATION OF A COM MUNIST-SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT, HEADED BY A COMMUNIST, TO SUCCEED GENERAL DE GAULLE AS PRESIDENT OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT.
THE PROPOSAL, MADE IN A LETTER FROM THE COMMUNIST LEADER, JACQUES DUCLOS, SAID THAT THE M.R.P. PARTY HAD REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMUNIST ·LED GOVERN- MENT, AND ASKED THE SOCIALISTS #FHETHER THEY STILL CLUNG TO THEIR FORMULA OF A TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT.
The Sociallat decision on the Communist proposal was expect ed shortly.
Here are the three French- men who are most widely dis- cussed
as possibilities in the choice of a successor to General Maurice Thorez, Minister of
de Gaulle:
tion and nationalisation of the horntiated by the Government TO-DAY. BY DEMONSTRAT-\ State of the out-going gavern-j
armed forces.
Tir
subject is the interim should be used exclusively for reconstruction and to-morrow's chatter is anybody's rehabilitation. Reuter. guern.
Only one thing is evetain: the Government will speak, the Gom- munists will speak, must of the other parties will senk, but there will be nothing definite unless the hoverih osion breaks away from the tradition of its predecessors, The truth is the sial committee are doing most of the deciding,
open forum, where all factions and
LITTLE CHANGE
of
veral.
It is believe that General of men drew, their pistola, Asso-
George C. Marshall,. ciated Press. the Army President Truman's special voy, who returned to Chunki Monday from a two-lay visit to Shanghai might be invited in as
en-
JAP. STOOGE
is
tho
The proposal in effect withdrawal by the Communists of the candidacy of their own Party Secretary-General Marcel Thorez.
The Communists said the Social- is rejected the Communist pro- posal for a joint Communist-led
ed Press. two-party government, Associat
Raids On Warehouse
EVIDENCE THAT COMPLAINANT, A RUSSIAN WO... MAN, MRS. K. HORNESSON, WAS DETAINED FIVE DAYS AT THE KOWLOON HOSPITAL AS A RESULT OF BRUISES RECEIVED IN A TUSSLE WITH MRS. B. HORKOFE POLISH, WAS GIVEN BY DR. B. C. TSIA, MEDICAL OFFICER ATTACH- ED TO THE HOSPITAL STAFF, WHEN HE WAS CALLED AS A WITNESS AT - KOWLOON COURT YESTERDAY IN SUPPORT OF A CHARGE OF AS- SAULT.
TWO DEFENDANTS W’'ERE SÜMMONED BEFORE THE MAGISTRATE, MR. W. H. LATIMER. THEY WERE MRS. G. E. CROSS AND MRS. B. HORKOFF, BOTH RESIDING AT NO. 172, NATHAN ROAD, 3RD. FLOOR.
Mrs. Harvesson told the Court that on Jan. 7, accompanied by her step-daughter, Earnestina, she had gone to that addvním tý see Mrs. Cross. The front door was opened by Mrs. Horkoff who asked her what she wanted Mrs. Harvesson replied that she wish- ed to see Mrs. Gross to return her a Bu
sum of $25,
Witness said that a discussion arose which culminated in Mrs. Horkal's striking her and pulling her hair. In the ensuing scuffle, both fell to the floor and witneey managed to gain the upper hand, extracting a promise from Mrs. Horkoff of a cessation of further pasault,
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H.K. Service
San Francisco, Ján, 22. The American linca will resume their trans-Pacific service within the next few months with four large liners providing accommoda- tion for 2,000 passengers and soiling every 14 days from San Franciaco and Los Angeles, it was announced to-dayssociated Press.
YARD HUNT FOR LONDON GUNMEN
London, Jun, 22.
Mr. F. Zimmern, representing the next complainant, called witnesa Miss Ernestina HarveRSON, who stated in evidence that she accompanied her step-mother and that, when the door was openex), Mrs.
com- Horkoff pounced on plainant and a fight started.
Dr. Teta, in evidence. aald that
A hunt by Scotland Yard nud he examined Mrs. Harvesson at
C.I.D. men was on to-day for the Kowloon Hospital on Jan. 10
fired four bullets at a police pa- and found bruises on her forehead, gunmen who from a stolen car trol car during an eight-mile was hospitalised for five dave. cheeks, shoulders and chest.
MRS. CROSS'S EVIDENCE zigzag chase in London'a fog- Mrs. G. E. Cross, called to the bound streets. witness stand, said that she took! The gunmen escape in the no part in the fight. was fog. None of the police was hit The awakened by sorgsone calling hor
She
She
mere and on going out to the hall or was the police car.
stolen car was found abandonert saw two women rolling about on in Hornacy, with the back All- the floor. Mrs. Harvesson was on
drryser, al- top of Mrs. Hormit and had her ed with women's
though no report had been re- hands in the latter's hair.
She did not let go, Mrs. Creceived of dresses having been. stated, until. Mrs. Horkoff wore, solen during the night.
Just before 3.00 a.m. n police crossing her heart, that she would;
message was radioed to all pa- stop fightink.
Mr. Zimmern: "Do you deny trol cars atating that a black had been stolen handing
Mrs. Horko
from St. John's Wood, mood to Ma piece of fire-Humber car
Mrs, Cross: T deny it. There
At 4.00 a.m. a police, patrol vas no firewood in my house."
the
were seen
ment, for 15 years has been ING UNEMPLOYED HIN- ESE DURING A PARADE
of Secretary. General
the PROTESTING AGAINST THE French Communist Party. This MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.
party emerged as France's larg- The demonstrators carried
est in the last elections but often banners: accusing Shanghai nu has been in a minority position Chunking. Jan. 22.
Nara, Japan, Jan. 22. The various sub-commitees of thorities of failing to solve the against the rest of the constitu
After sending American ent assembly. Political Consultative Con- unemployment problem.
the countryside the
continued to-day
their Witnesses said the demons-
Bern on April 23, 1900, atquads into to trators swarmed over a United Nowellen Goudault,
tle Ins twice within a week, Lt.-Colonel ference
R solution
truck in which attempts to find
Calais, son and grandson of coal Ross A. St. Clair, senior military problems entrusted theni, notably States Navy the composition of the projected sailors were riding, beating seminers, Thorez himself began government officer for Nara and re-organised State Council.
None of the sailers, work in the pita at the age of 12. Miye Prefectures, told 15 dele- The P.C.C. chamber is a sort of
There was little chance settlement of this and other issue however, were seriously injured. He became a leader ut the Com- gates of almost 14.000 Koreans,
rade when Navy shore, patrdi-munist Party soon after it was Formosons and Chinese that was no workoff was thon called to car saw an identical car racing
The Chinese rejoined the pa- viewpoints for by Jun. 23, the day the Con- forces ventilate
they were definitely bound by founded. public consumption. Kuomintang ference is scheduled to adjourt.
Mobilised at the start of Japanese law,
on hose-stand. She said that in the direction of Finsbury a knock on the front Park. As the police car start. and Communist delegute: sit next
World War. II. Thorez Red to American troops and Japanese door she opened it to find com- ed up to give chase one finsh ach other, every now and then
Russin in October 1939, stating police arrested 12 Japanese, 25 plainant outside.
and then three flashes quick changing whispers. The Touth
The
coming Party ally arres
fret thing-complainant said succession the
"he feared arrest in the Daladier Formosano-and one Chiness near with Government, and the Democratie
Government's anti-Red drive the Nara Prefecture warehouse was "You took my husband away from the belt of "he Humber, League usually sides with
The police carried on the and was condemned on desertion on Jan. 17. They confiscated five from me." Then, witnes stated, Communists.
charges by an army court. trucks which contained large complainant pounced on her. pull-
seen about 4.30 am. jumping In 1944 he was partioned by quantities of brown sugar, white ed her hair, scratched her face and chase but the Humber was last
o they both fell to the floor. and cases de Gaulle and returned to cotton clothes
She was forced by complainant traile lights and disappearing where his citizenship vegetables valued at 100,000 ne
to continue tha fight
"PRETTY BAD" rights were restored by decree yen. Four of the men arrested to cross her heart and promise not into the fog-Reuter.
were injured. Arny reports Mr. Zimmern: "How did com just before last October's elec- and seven Japanese policemen
said that the goods were appar-plainant get all the bruises on her
San Francises, Jan, 22. A group of Army doctors from ently intended for black market body. Do you say that when she
Associated left your house she was alright?" Gum notified. the distribution.
Mrs. Horkoff: "She was abeo Press that at a meeting on Fri luy fit whew she left. There day night they resolved to ask
Democrat were no bruises at all and I didn't Senator Johnson, hit her,"
Colorade, for nermission to have his St- a representative before The Magistrate: "I saw Mr. demobilisation committee Harvesson on Jan. 3. and she was nate pretty had on her face. I shall after an unidentified meaker hnd discharge Mrs. Cross. As regards said that idleness from the second defendant and tho com fessional duties was "causing de- plainant, i suggest a $100 bond of cay physically and morally," venes to be signed by both sides." Associated Press.
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the
ndinter on any atoblems on which agreement cannot be re ARRESTED
ed.
LATTLE ORATORY
The various, parties, however, The atmoshere is less formal are likely to defer this so long and les serious
Parish as there is any prospect of a solu-
tion.
believed certain, how is Council meeting. There are newe papers and candies and tumblers over, that Marshall's gond offices of tea scattered about the U-shap will be sought in the reorganisa
Αν την
which ed table. There is little oratory. tion of the Chinese Most of the raclical business is now in the hands of the com done
behind closed committee room mittee of three enmurising Gene- rola Chang Chor and Chang Chih- dinore.
Half o dozen politiclans talk chune, representing the Govern their heads off on how the forces ment, and General Chou En-lai,
before representing the Communists should be re-organised rationalisation. without getting Associated Press, anywhere. The senior Kuamintane
delegate. General Chang
Governor D
of Szechwan:
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Chur?
Enli
No. 2 Communi, and General Char Chih-chun. Minister of Political Affairs in the National Military Connell, sit to- gother using less words in trying warkable to reach a peneticable
formanla for re-organising the mill- tary
y machine.
all
General Chou wants the tv
of things nationalisation armed forces and democratisation of the government to happen Bimultaneously. He wants
Partica to be represented in the committes charged with drafting
the Special
on Monday!
Lions.
Believed to have been one of the Colony's "bad men" during the Japanese occupation, a Chinese named Pun Lam has been arrested by the Authorities and is now in Stanley Prion,
PETAIN OPPONENT Pun was arrested on informa- tion received by Branch in Kowlcon
Vincent Auriol, unther out going Minister of State, has
On Jan. 18 another squad was night.
since 1914 been a Deputy and called to the warhous where for many years Parliamentary Japanese police had taken into Secretary of the Socialist Party custody eight Chinese and five smallest of France's Big-Three Japanese found loitering in the but occupying a strategic middle area with two empty trucks. position between the Commun- Associated Press.
the
One of the allegations against him is believed to concern death of an American aviator dur
ing the Japanese regime.
New Butter Scheme Starts To-Day
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE, REGISTERED UNDER THE NEW DISTRIBUTION SCHEME, WILL THIS WEEK SHARE AN ISSUE OF, 10,000 LBS. OF BUTTER. GIVING AN INDIVIDUÂL RA- TION OF HALF A POUND TO LAST A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK.
the re-organising and reducing thTHE NEIP DISTRIBUTION SCHEME, SPONSORED BY
military programme, He wants the re-emulawnent of more 2,000,000 discharged soldiers to be
than
the reamonsibility of all parties.
While the Government's
era prefer to talk orranisation
of
Speak- re-
THE ADMINISTRATION AND PUT INTO OPERA- TION ON IT'S BEHALF BY THE DAIRY FARM, STARTS TO-DAY.
ahamunist ed for distributing the rationsling back these dockets to the
troops." General Chon
Three days have been allocat-I have made the mistake of post- --to-day, to-morrow and Friday Dairy Farm.
ists and Christian Democrats.
He was born in August 27. 1884 at Revel, Haute Garonne. and studied law, entering the Toulouse Bar. Specialising in
WOM'T HAVE TO
financial questions in parl WORRY THEN
BR
ment, he drew attention Minister of Finance in the first Popular Front government in 1936, when he took the frane off the gold standard.
After occupying other cabinet posts, Auriol voted against giv ing Maralal Philippe Petain plenary powers in 1940 and was arrested and then released, then lived in hiding until he escaped to join de Gaulle in London is 1943,
EDUARD HERRIOT After the liberation of French North Africa, Auric was active
that "the re-organisation of the The four distributing points are! It is emphasised that these on the Consultative Assembly Communist troops will be complet Lane, Crawford's and the Dairy purchase dockets aro to be kept at. Algiers. ed and co-ordinated with that of
Farm depots at Lower Albort by the recipients and Road. Kowloon and Enst Point.
Government troons," General Chou further auvrests that during the Interim period before nationalfa- tion the Minister of War be
taken
Washington, Jan. 22.
Could the explosion of atomic bombs set off a chemical chain re- action which would destroy the earth?
Senator Russell wanted to know! and asked Maj.-General LR. Groves, while the Army' atomic bomb expert was appearing before a Sepate Committee.
General Groves raolled he wasn't very and neither about the possibility:
were his advisors.. "If it happens," he remarked, "it will be all over-und we won't have to explain that one."Anso- ciated Prces.
Situation Critical,
Manila, Jan.' 22.
Seventy-four-year-old Edouard along to the distributing depote Herriot, thrice Premier of Every person who has made for drawing the rations. The France is the Parliamentary The High Commissioner for application for the butter issue docket will be chopped on the Chairman of the Radical Social- the has been registered, so long as back with the date of when the ist Party.
_UK,GENEROSITY-
DOCTORS DECAYING
Russian Bombshell At U.N.O. Meeting
·pro
LONDON, JAN, 22. OBSERVERS HERE.TO-DAY WERE FEARFUL ON-AC-
COUNT OF A RUSSIAN UKRANIAN- COMPLAINT. LODGED WITH THE U.N.O. AGAINST BRITISH POLICIES IN GREECE AND JAVA WHICH MIGHT RESULT IN A SERIOUS SPLIT AMONG THE FIVE BIG POWERS.
THE RUSSIAN AND UKRANIAN M OVES CONSTI. TUTE THE FIRST INSTANCE OF ACTION BY ONE MEMBER OF THE 11-NATION SECURITY COUN- CIL AGAINST ANOTHER "MEMBER. THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT FROM THE BRITISH.
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One British, spukesman said. tisli troops In Greece after the Philippines, Mr. Paul his first reaction was that the war cannot, now ba explained by McNutt, describing the Phillip Russians were playing a "it for necessity for protecting com-
he has come under the category rations were issued and the A Parliamentarian 'since 1912 pines situation as critical" to tat game introducing com- munications of British troops of an employee. Those who have docket must be retained and he held Cabinet posts almost day cabled President Truman plaints against the British to in defeated countries." CATHOLIC PRIEST applied on behalf of familles used again for future issues,
have been allocated one ration. In fact these purchase decirets the start. One of his govern- urging passage of the Rehabili- balance the Iranian protests The Ukranian letter dealing INJURED
The scheme is worked on the must be retained by the pur ments reaigned in 1932 when he tation and Trade Bills to pre- against alleged, Russian Inter with Indonesia said: "Alltary principle of supplying butter to chaser until they are recalled by maintained that France should vent what he said would be seri Yerence in Iran. The spokes actions directed against a local as many people as possible; hut the Dairy Farm and new ones continue war debt payments to ous consequences in the islands man said the British had no population have been waged in "It does not at this moment thing to do with the filing of which British forces, as well as America.
the Japanese enemy armed. Rev. Father Barnabe Marcos. the quantity of butter avaliable issued..
In 1940 he was deposed by seem humanly possible for the the Iranian_complain:. teacher-of-the-Aberdeen Indus-je limited and this must: be
Vichy after 95 years as Filipino people, ravaged and de- United States sources and forces, are taking part. trial School, was admitted to spread over several weeks, pend-
The butter to be issued in Mayor of Lyons, arrested two moralised by the cruelest and they are not alarmed by the de- GREEK REACTION***
officials... The Gresk Premier, My Thami=- Queen Mary Hospital in a criti-ing arrival of new supplics.. cal condition after being knock The fact that butter is in Australian and it is worthy of years later and takes to Ger- most destructive war, political-velopments although
enemy collaborators, and with while the U.N.O. was being "Brith military forces are in "Greece with the full consent of the ed down by a Naval Icery at short supply, has to be spread note that it comes out of the many where he was liberated by ly split between loyallets and had hoped to avoid major issues tokles Bophoulis, said to-day has
several sizeable well-armed dis-formed Pokfulam Road dear the: Dalry over a period and that the num allocation made by Ausralia to the Russians.
GOUIN, PICKED-
sident groups still at large, to British troops went to Greece Greek Government, and are ini Farm about 2.40 pan. yesterday, ber of applicants or registra the United Kingdom. In other Father Marcos was on his way tion has been so farge, is the words, Hong Kong to-day is able
The Communists have proposed cope with the coincidence of po last year on the grounds that earnest collaboration with it in
Tical independence and the tre occupation of that countryawan Tha back to the school when the lorry reason for the reduced ration. to have butter thanks to the
mendous economic damurids of necessary to the war effort. The knocked him down while he was PURCHASE DOCKETS generosity of the U. R. Govern, the election of Hel
rehabilitation, McNutt ald, Russian letter to the UN.O Crossing the road. He received A number of applications who manity and at the sacrifice of t
kohe situatiön here is critical" Assembly, Executive Secret duries to the head-and-uppar. have been registered and have people of Britain, who, receive
"Ekid, "The maintenance of the body, and id stated since received their purchase onlys won concen to be in a serious conditions. dockets from the Dair
[maintaining order y
réaction" to "ée Edu
the UN.O. for early com of the Greek situation?