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MOSCOW HITS OUT Attacks On The "Reactionaries"
No Intervention
In Danube
London, June 17.
connaissance planes are The Moscow press and radio today launched
today souring the Holy Land in а nationwide hunt for armed Jewish terrorist who at mid- night last night simul- taneously attacked key road and railway bridges up to 140 miles apart.
ten
The main point of attack was on five bridges nyer or close to
one of the most extensive attacks against Western "reactionaries and enemies of peace" to come out of the Soviet Union in many - weeks.
Highlights of the broadcasts and articles reaching the western democracies as the Foreign Mini- sters Conference were resuming peace talks in Paris included:
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Meets In
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V. C. GOVERNOR GENERAL
Wellington, June 17. Lieut-General Sir Bernad Freyberg. V.C.. -Governor- General designate of New Zealand, arrived here yester dan
aboard the
atcamehin "Buahine. In accordanco with cfiquette he is to remain aboard with this morning aehen ho will land three hourn before the ceremony of mear ing in a Governor-General... Reuter.
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Madrid, June 17.
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Gandhi Says "Wait, Watch And Pray"
New Delhi, June 17. Mahatma Gandhi-sald by a member of his staff to be "very unhappy" over the cabinet mission's latest move-told India's millions today to "wait, watch and pray,” during the course of an evening prayer meeting address, held three hours after the momentous British 14-man interim government for India statement had been released. Gandhi declared that the Congress party accept-
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ance or rejection of the latest plan would be guided by "the mature consideration of the greatest good to all."
Other Congress spokesmen in- mennwhile, that dicated,
their party's position would be made
Food Prices known today after the workin Soar In USA
Organisation whica A 6-man delegation re-committee sessien had taken place. opens in the historic town of Sala-presenting 60 public bo-
nunca today.
tion with 22 members.
The Muslim A statement that the che British and Americans must
* League working} committee met
Without Danube waterways question bear the direct responsibility."
The foreign delegates are ex dies in Canton has arriv-action but one member commented Discussing Bevin's recent speech pected to be almost equally divided in the Colony to ex-tion of the cabinet plan, I see no "ean be settled freely by the
"if there is no further modifien- Danube States without any fo
on the proposal for internationali-ed between European and Ameri- the River Jordan frontier; tervention being imposed aper zation of the Danube navigation en states, Argentina having pre-press their sympathy toensen why we should not Rezept,"
control, Marinin said: --
pared the biggest single delega a local Chinese newspa- between Palestine and the new them from outside."
countries understand
"The peoples of the Danube independent state of Transfor-
well very
per which has been sus- The United States is sending dan. Here Jewish shock troops.
what that policy means and what ten, Canada six, and Great Bri-pended by Government. armed with tommy guns, gren- fifth anniversary of the invasion | i would doom them to. They see
tain haa promised att
an attendance The paper, the ades and explosives blew up the of Russia-that the Germaná it as a restoration of the prewar of about a dozen delegates,
"National Times," was suspended on June famous Allenby Bridge might have perfected the atomic situation when the Danube state French students are unable to concrete structure spanning the bomb if the Red Army had not
were in !n Jordan cast of Jericho, which kept them too busy to do so.
In (3) A new charge the British Army built during
figures saying
Saxon countries, and not
|
that in-
dep deprived
of their in- take part owing to the closure of/8th for one months as the re-)
dential circles in the Aakheiding more than 700 Danube of obtaining transport is the ma-
Americana and the British are will be represented. The problem | lead the
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the first world war. It was the main link between Palesting and truction has brought traffic be-pence of the world "hy a policy tween the two countries to 1} of imposing their will on other
the delegates. will d
Indications that the distribution of cabinet portfoling might bring new inter-party differences enmo from a source close to the Muslim League working cominiittee.
Highest Posts
Transjordan and its partial des- Russia, were endangering the vessels since May 21, in a move jer one fiscuss the Catho-China. The Governor in Coun-
Students Hungarianic University outlook on the procil felt that the leading article there is no promise of
standstill.
into the river.
states."
Young "Democracies”
(4) A declaration that "those who approve of the Franco Re- gime in Spain and "Roynli u
by remnants of the to smash a smuggling ring headed army-Associated Press.
POPE RECEIVES
P.O.WS.
the Franco-Spanish frontier: butsult of an editorial which Gov- He said the league would de Holland, and Switzerland ernment considered would mie-mand the ministries of interior, that Italy,
and public about the arcommunications
derense rangements for the surrender These are conceded to be the of collaborationists wanted in highest posts.
The Muslim League committer meets
this morning gain
but formal acceptance before the congres stand is known.
Individual Muslim cabinet nn- minees declined to comment on their possible acceptance, ane ob- serving, "this is for the league to decide,"
Palestine, an- In North-east. other Jurdan bridge-Kiar Ba- nut Yakoub - (the Bridge of
London, June 17. the Daughters of Jacob was
Pope Pius XII today received a demolished after six armed Jews Terror" in Greece cannot be large group of German prisonera had held up a solitary Arab pleased with the forces of the of war who have volunteered to policeman and thrown his rifle young democracies Whele rebuild Monte Cassino Abbey, Further north,| weight and authority are steadi- which was destroyed during the on the const north of Haifa, firely growing in Eastern Europe," fighting in Italy, the Vatican destroyed the bridge at Zib. Referring directly to British | radio announced.—Reuter. after two terrorisis had een Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin' killed in a skirmish with the House of Communis plea local police while other raiders June 4 that All of Europe's blew up the Metullah bridge on rivers be opened to inter- the Palestine-Lebanon frontier. national shipping. Commentator
At Safnd in the same area. Philip Baratov said: one Arab trooper was wounded "The Danube problem is one when Jews attacked a Trunsjor- of those post-war problems dan frontier force camp. In which are created and artificial- southern Palestine, 30 armed ly made complicated by certain Jews attacked road and railway circles which are striving to re- The rail-trieve, their pre-war privileges hridges near Gaza. way bridge attacked by bombs again.
by force, and not by is still standing but the road right, bridge was blown up by land mines and is impassable.
Attack By Arabs In Gaza itself, a British mili- tary driver and his companion were fataily attacked by Arabs after their vehicle had acciden-
tally knpeked over a pedestrian in the crowded streets during the celebration of the birthday of the "Mufti of Jerusalem."
In other attacks by Jews last night one railway bridge and two road bridges were damaged in the southern shores of the Sea of Galilee.
Today, police and motorlaed in- fantry searching for the Allenby
"The Danube question can be freely settled by the Danube States without any intervention being imposed upon them from outside," he declared.
Struggle Against Fascism Describing the democratic forces struggle against fasciam as still "the must burning lucs tion of the contemporary politi- cal situation in Europe." Mos- cow radio, quoting a Tass patch from Paris, said that Bri- tish and
American troops in Italy did not prevent reaction- ary forces there from attempt ing to "unleash a civil war."
The Taas correspondent made bridge raidera cordoned off the this assertion after giving the lowest inhabited place on the sur-text of Soviet Foreign Minister
settlement face of the earthma
V. M. Molotov's statement to. named Beia Hourave, 900 feet be the council on the Italian roll low
level on the northern the Dead Sea. British tical crisis which followed the shores of
referendum on the troops removed a number of Jew-national
for settlers interrogation. The Monarchy held on June 2. inhabitants of the settlement re- slated the search and Jewish workers from a nearby mineral works went to their aid.
ish
sen
"Shock Troops”. Last night's carefully organised blow at Palestine communications are attributed to many to the "shock troopa" of the Palmach-- the striking force of the Jewish resistance movement. Its motive believed be two fold:
Mr.
Foreign Secretary Bevin, that the admission of 100,- 600 Jewa 1 Palestine would re quire anoth division of British troops which was pot prepared
to cond.
the radio reported.
biem of the individunt and his rights, and liberties; university problems; relations between the church, the state and the univer
students sity: and Catholic
out- look on social problems.
The formation national association
of an inter- of Catholic intellectuals entitled "universities" which was debated at the regional meetings in Switzerland Britain last year will come before the delegates-Reuter.
Foreign Office Beats The Gun Too Often
"Washington, June 17.
law
was "calculated to bring and order into contempt."
Headed by Mr. Shum Ka-kit, Vice-chairman of the Canton Municipal Council, the Canton delegation arrived in Hong Kong on Saturday and the object of the vialt, was explained by Mr. Shum at a reception yesterday and in the Cafe de Chine, to which representatives of the Press and various public and other organi sations were invited,
The state department is going to see what, if any. thing, can be done to ensure simultaneous re- lease by the British of joint Anglo-American announcements in Washington and London. At a recent press conference,
a correspondent pointed out to! Secretary of State James F. Byrnes that the British had
made three announcements | ahead of Washington on Ameri-
enn actions within a week.
He asked if Mr. Byrnes was taking any steps to arrange for simultaneous release of news in the future.
Byrnes said he had been be-
devilled by the same situation
ever since he became secretary of state;
Washington observers, how ever, said that when the British announced that the States and Portugal had con cluded an agreement on the con- tinued temporary
Another
Wanchai
Free-for-all
Mr. Shum said that the action
The proposed Cabinet list in-
league.
cludes five members of the Muslim congress scheduled caste, one Sikh, tian. one Parsee and one Indian Chris
five congress Hindus, one
Should the invitations to join the government be accepted, the of the Hong Kong Government joint statement by the viceroy was viewed with surprise and; and the ministers said, "the vice regret by the people of Canton, roy will aim at inaugurating the who felt that the "National new government about June 28." Times" was only voicing popu-
"We are unwilling to abat
abandon lar opinion. Even if the word-between the two major parties and our hope of working impartially
ing used was somewhat harsh or irregular, 4
Washington, June 17. The Office of Price Adminis- put higher prices on latter and cheese to go into effect today, notching up living costs which, a top .Gay- rising "at an alarming rate." ernment economist says, are
tration hopes to
Butter prices will go up 11 cents a pound and Cheddar cheese will go up about six cents A pound. Along with these price raises O.P.A. plans to boost the cost of soft coal about 40 centa a ton some time this week.
Sugar prices are also scheduled to go up five cents a pound shortly, and cooking utensile made of sheet aluminium will be boosted 2% per cent.
The ac- celerated pace of price increases during the inat few weeks prompted comment by a leading Government economist who withheld the use of his name.
He said flatly that prices have been moving at a rate of about one per cent. monthly and that is "something to worry about. That is 12 per cent. or better, each year as compared to the rise of six to seven per cent. over the last three years."
Associated Press.
warning should presentatives of the minorities. Bread Ration Helping the authorities to arrangement. taking inte At Home Soon
have been sufficient.
have therefore done our to arrive at a. practicable
best t
con-
weed out traitors and collabora-aid-ration the various conflicting tionista was the duty of every aipa and the need for obtaining citizen, continued Mr. Shum, by the government of capable re- und in these times-when rela- | presentative administratora.” tions between Britain and China were closer and more than ever before--he felt there should be. respect for dom of expression.
Cordial
Proposed Members
London, June 17. Evidence accumulated by food and statistical exports points to bread and flour rationing in Britain being virtually certain. The proposed membership of the It may be introduced before the free- cabinet would be congress: l'andit end of July but it is now thought Nehru. Sardar Vallabhai Patel. that the amounts of bread avail- Mr. Shum announced that he Dr. Jajendrea Prasad, Rajago-able on a graduated scale will was the bearer of a written mes-palachair and H.K. Mahtab. nge from the people of Canton to the "National Times." This mesange expressed their sym- pathy and commended them on their "public-spirited action."
60
van Ram,
ten
ounces
Congress scheduled caste: Jagi- be larger than was originally
поред. Maslin league: M. A. Jinnah. The daily basic ration will Diquint Ali Khan and Sardad probably be. Abdur Rab Nishtar, Nawab Mo- against the eight ounces origin- Niza Muddin. hammed Ismail Khan, Khwaja Sir ally proposed. For growing children and expectant mothers, it will be 12 ounces instead of ten. leavy workers will get 14 unces and very heavy workers 16 ounces
Sikh: Sardar Baldev Singh. Parse: Christian: Dr. John
British sailors and a sinal crowd of Chinese were involved
The message (which bears the in a free-for-all in Johnson Road last night, after one of the former "chopa" or official seals of over had had his pocket picked.
organisations in Canton, from headed by the Municipal Coun- | Matthai--Associated Press. The Emergency United
Squad Central Police Station was turned cil and the City Chamber of and naval patrols also jur-Commerce) was then handed to ried to the scene.
There were no Mr. Ting Chan-hung, of the arrests but one man, a Chinese "National Times.” was sent to hospital.
Mr. Ting expressed his pa- A "China Mail' reporter who
per's appreciation of this evid visited the scene a few
tion,
ине of an American built base in the
out.
minutes
Azores, the British had vither broken or ignored an agreement to let Portugal make the first later found the street almost de-ence of moral suport for its ac- announcement.
serted except for naval patrols.
bottles.
As another example cited that on May 27 when the loose British announced the dispatch of joint notes to Rumanin, the atate department made the saine announcement hours later.
to
poon
thrown.
knew
wore
Abyssinia's Claim
Free Man World's Hope
Safeguards Against Hitler
Nuernberg, June 17: Franz von Papen today told the International War Crimes Tribunal here that he sought to set up "enfeguards" in 1982 to prevent Hitler from seizing dic- tatorial powers,
ed.
Flour will be similarly ration- Bread rationing surveys and examination of "machinery for operating the scheme are still going on at the Food Mini- stry but everything is now rea- dy to put it into effect once the Cabinet gives the word-Reu- ter,
Garibaldi Flag In Rome
He added that at Saturday's
The delegation, in addition to it was The road itself was littered with conference there was an "ap
stones and broken hear Mr. Shum, Includes Messrs. parent British desire to avoid
Chan Wing-kat, Chu Hong-tong, discussion on this question or to
Attempts to get 03 official Ma Wal-hung, Kwok Shiu-wa postpone its consideration."
Polico atatement were unavailing and Chang Hei-chch (Council Another Soviet proposal
the "China Mail reporter being lora.)
Von Papen, former German which met with British and
told at No. 2 Police Station-in At the same time arrange- whose ares the incident occurred
chancellor, testifled that he or Anierican objections was that
ganised a non-party cabinet for "they the Italian Government should ments wore made for simultane that oficially
Von Hindenburg, in an effort to avert a civil war. He said ho be invited to express its opinion; ou release in London and Waan-nothing at all about it.")
ington of the texts of the notes in regard to economic questions,
An eye-witness of the free-for- Rumania, At
took four measures to keep the
London, June 17. on all, however, said that an R.N.
Nazis stato department sailor had his pocket picked and
from attaining undue. The flag of Garibaldi's Roman "1. 1 "reply" to the state- Commenting on this the Tass May 31 the
Brussels, Juno 17. power, one of which limited the Republic of 1840 was hoisted over -The of issued the text for release at that an altercation started. ment last week by the British writer said "The solution
time crowd grew and atonca
Delegates of the liberal parties Nazio to three Cabinet posts the Capital in Rome today, Roniz Ernest certain economic questions con- 1900 Eastern standard
of Belgium, Great Britain, France, only,
radio
reported. cerning the Italian peace treaty the British issued the text of
Denmark, Holland, Switzerland, There were no arrests.
To the strains of Garibaldi's an- release at 1730
He asserted that the policy of them, the ang. so old and battle- the mote for has made slow progress, because
Sweden and the representative of the first Hitler Government was torn that it is pinned to a beard the American and British sides Eastern standard time.-Asso-
tho Spanish liberals in exits non-Nazi and its main purpose ciated Press. have imposed fur reaching ob
day issued a common declaration was "to maintain world peace the
to keep it whole, was carried up ligations on Italy, the size of
which they express their faith
of the capitel by two which cannot be precisely, cal-
and affirm the principles for the which was Bo badly needed. old
the rol reconstruction
wearing the then." of the world. culated.
Garibaldi's Their claims
Addis Ababa, Juno 17.
shirta are tho
Veterans He added that Hitler seized The declaration which will b
A large crowd attended true rensan of the diffenities
Emperor Haile Selassie of Abys called the "declaration of Brus- the reins, however, when Von
the of the Italian aricing cut
London, June 17. sinia stated in an interview here sels took place at the end of Hindenburg died. Von Papen
ceremony. The fing is
over the Capital between treaty." Assoclated Press,
Eritrea should be the celebration of the centenary said his own influence vanished Feb. and July 3, 1840 until the Gay Gaga and bunting which today that transformed: the shabby and grey given to Abyssinis when the Far of the Belgian liberal party Danube River
Odlot almost overnight, Associated French troops of General British canital into a city of light | sign Ministers finally decide an The dolegates asserted their Press.
managed to break down the des Moscow, June 17. and colour for the Victory Day the disposal of the former Italian faith in the spiritual, libe
liberty of
porate resistance of Garibaldi and Tondon, June 17. "Pravda” correspondent M. celebrations are coming down this colonies.
man, opposed every reactionary of
his volunteers on Janiculum, one Secretary of the ld cra- Marinin today assorted that morning.
(Mr. Ernest Bevin, at the moot- totalitarian form of
of Rome's soven hilis-Routor.. tion of Trade Unions, Louis American and British forcon had Faillant, vice-chairman of the le- paralysed the Danube River trac With them are going the flood-ine of the Foreign Biinisters in affirmed there wornment, whose alivor glow on Paris on May 10, wald Britain had economie avstem which respects dgration M. Lean Jouhaux, nullic by seizing the major part of score of historic buildings has pronased that part of Firiires private initiative, balleyed that The court-martial of N.C.O.. al. an executive member, M. Benoit the river float while Foreign Min. nightly drawn thousands of sight should be given to Abysiinia and war can only be abolished by a leged to have left the troopship and world organisation, and asserted ] "Corfu” at Southampton on Apri capital for the executive
blaming Rasula for outlines vadiant in a bow beauts: Italian, should be united).
Sharp at 8 am, today, hundreds The Emperor Bald for can of the world.—Associated Prosa. 16th day. Four corporais cow radio. heard in London.
“had formed: the non objective person could fall to and Whitehall to start renewing pleat province of the Hihiopian ported today.
with intent to avid sailing over The All-India Trade Union Con- recognise that the Soviet Union what took four months to exact. Empire, and its people were must neveisarily, raiura, to mihlores. So far 32 N.C.08. have been Ecosas supresentative, B. in Dango: has done everything possible to The removal work, is not Uksiy jothed to those of Abyssinia by na, with which sha, forms an tyled and sentonosa of reduction to A to himar-the-radio-added; provide : transportation on the to take more than a fortnight bonds of summon origin, anguke commid enit, the Emperor said, the yanks have been promulgated
Danuba. - 1 19. Se not developed, · Reuter,
tendition and national life, Eritrea, 20 Reuters
on 24.makeuter.
2. A a demonstration over the "oscape of the Mufti v Jeruan- Jeruter."..
@TUCS. MEET IN MOSCOW
THE GAY FLAGS COME DOWN
COURT-MARTIAL
Aldershot, June '17.
is one
which
THE WEATHER Today's forecast: Moderate
Russiave arrived in the isles · Ernest Havin and others | seera sagor to gass at the familiar that ha-Somalilands, British that the fros man was the hope 8 was resumed here today for the south to south-west wind; mainly
were
Commities' conference, the Mos- the article said that) of workmen arrived in the Malturies Eritren. Pad
The
not guilty to charges as on's air, with occasional shovĚSTA,
* Yesterday al weatherimi Maximum: 88.1 deg, at 8 pm. Minimunt: 81.5 deg, at 6.a.m Rainfalli. A traps. Max. Rel. Humidity: 90% at 9-p.mt,
Sunshine: 6 hours.