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HONG KONG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1947.
ICE-FLOES IN NORTH SEA
Threatening Britain's Coal Ships And Fishing Fleet
Worst of Fuel
Crisis Over
London, Feb. 19.
North Sea ice floes are today menacing Britain's fishing flects and coal ships battling down the stormy, East coast with fuel urgently needed to build up power station and industrial stocks in London.
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Drifting westward at about five miles a day, the floes carried away buoys marking wrecks and shipping channels through mined areas and were at noon reported to be about 50 miles off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, Bitterly echt mundiflanè pre
exported he will tell the
vall in the robi e gerends and Hour Emediately after "ques- ships petern covered with leo | tion Elme” the permission will One skippre deti com "4 hæve" the give industries power. mity Pang like it less for the Jaal M days to
- resumh work in the dear future, i
sever
before."
Twelve hundred army berries | possibly, tomorras.
Went to action Tate morning Domestic consumers. will be
five
NANKING SALE
PROGRAMME
Nanking, “Peh, 19.
The Minister of Tetorum1 - then rant (ming that The Erventing Youy Sa preparing a list of Gioverment ester- prixen which will be wild to bricate empitul. He said the Goperano at this not contem
China Request Brings Blunt
Unrra Comment
Shanghai. Feb. 19.
plate the aule of rather UNRRA officials and employees in Shanghai con-
Chinew dunestie uitlaè the Chim Merchants chipping copy. Autorintra Prras,
Merry Game In Black
Markets
China's
The plea was made in the Basis that China newly more cash to cumbat the venomie
tacted today were bitter about the suggestion that the remaining China rehabilitation prʊ-. gramme be scuttled in a proposed sale of foot and cotton in the black market to raise funds to bolster China's wobbly economy. None would permit himself, is a polile name for to be quoted by name but one robust black marke "mimmed up the sentimenta ex. pressed by many in the com- ment: “This proposal.pt least has the merit of homesty. From mt financial · crisis. Well: all indientions the Generalisst. | informed BOUNCER extimated o cungot beat UNRRA plough. that the black market anle of shares into words quickly and $200,000,000 such supplies Bow asking for supplies would net nearly as much as which directly serve that pur.
Personnel of
the United States Consulate today cun- firmøl, they were aware of the Chinese request, but and they
in
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JAPANESE -RÉPARATIONS
Canberra, Kel, 49, Dr. Herbert Evalt, Minis- for External AQuira, replying to a question lu the Reprearatatives, said: "At the proper time, z chen pravo nepatiations in relation to Japan nie taking pluce, claima by Australian priemere-of-tow for repain- Tiana from Japan wilt, be
tuken
"Firstly, thear chime with be discuser with the United Kingston, then with the Allied, finceraments,
in quite
obrions that d. initat apt Jinitly with other Allied for ruments."--Router,
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NEW CRISIS IN
INDIA LOOMS
Viceroy May Be Recalled
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Congress leader. recently wrote to Lord Wavell asserting that the continued presence in the
cor.
London, Feb. 19. Authoritative sources said today that the British Government has decided to recall Lord Wayell from his post as Viceroy of India. The decision was said to be the result of the new constitutional crisis in India. It will be an- nounced in the House of Commons tomorrow by Prime Minister Attlee, the sources declar- ed. They said Attlee's statement will be ac- companied by the publication of a White. Paper. The informants said tomorrow's pro- nouncement would be of "crucial importance." In answer to a question, we column spread: "Cabinet stratų. Puuree said: "British evacua-ing to hand off civil war in tion from Indin within a stated | India." period" is not out of the ques. The newspaper's political cor- tion. He would not elaborate respondent declared that tim The latest Indian crisis has.Government "is Collaldering followed Musiem League
grave developments. În Indja" Shanghai, Feb. 19..
fusal to paráfelpate in the Con- and "is directing its efforts to- The American-owned stituent Assembly. British of prevent a complete breakdown. "Evening
Post today cials declare the crisis "threat-which might end in civil war "T18" the break-up of the and the necessity of evacunting commented editorially Viceroy's Interim Government. British citizens." on the SCAP 'action in
Other newspapers carried ordering the "New York
items from their political Post"
correspondent,
raspondents under such head- Robert (Pepper) Martin,
lines A New India crisis: Indian Cabinet of five-Mosiem | Attlee to speak tomorrow.” cut of Japan, and said: League members was Incum. British. Position
patible with Moslem refusal to #SCAP' performance la this join the Constituent Assembly.
The general trend of có. Hit of public relations werk te The Tive Moslem Cabinet, men Daily Horpid's corresponden
Lmentis summed up by the up to the highest totalitarinn bera immediately said they had who said: "I understand that. standards of the Nazis, Italians no intention of vacating their the Prime Minister will. and Russians, and perhaps offices. Lord Wavell appealed to emphasise what he told the little ahead of the Japanese.
the Government for a directive, Indian leaders in London last Only four colliers arrived in
Industrial · rehabilitationĄ
JUAL
Cabinet has December: Thore is no prospect what programmes already unterway
Pepper did to and the British London today from northeast Snow. In Dublin
The visit to Mnene of Gen. inflame the tender skins of the since held a series of meetings of success for a Constitutent As- ports where
Mr. Bellanger said, nearly half could or should be salvaged, whole fleet of
1h requested amount was Con ships are „Althoigh - The ohly snow re
sembly except on the basis of One of the arguments advan Yang Fu and Mr. Li Tal-cbiu. SCAP authorities we have no to consider the deadlock. juu»ed to cover losses rosaling
week, Nehru sent curred during the night was loading today.
ced for the black market anle head of the Kuomintang Hongden, but judging from their Wavell a second letter enlling agreed procedure, from the Treasury being flooded
UNRRA gonds is that Keng and Macao,branch. It was undemderatie reaction it cannot for an early reply from Lon such a constitution on unwilling a slight fall at Manchester, rail. ; The ice field drifting south-with marks and schillings from would free the Chinese Govern-learned today, is in connection have been half enough.
The British will not forev ways are still impeded in placesward and westward in the Servicgmen who dealt on the
don. Ometal sources said the and one goods train was freed North Sen is reported to be. 40 bine market and then made de-ment of the necessity to con- with the forthcoming election Recounting the record, as a Congress leader warned. Lord parts of India."--Reutor. only yesterday after being miles off Great Yarmouth, mov, Port on the Post Office savings tinue providing funds for the of representatives for the war correspondent, of Martin Wavell that unless the Moslems Walking Out? hurled for 15 days in snow- ing at about five miles a day. plan.
Chinese-operated distributing second term of the Nationa! who was described as one of resign immediately, his nino The "New York Tlines" from Mr. Bellenger offered a qualif- agency, drifts
at Mullerstang, West Fishermen reported a brittic ed defence of underpaid troops".
Assembly and Legistative and the abjest and best known. cul Congresa followers themselves-London reports today that the anoreland.
cold wilch snapped fish in half and at one paint referred to the
Judicial Yuans, under the new respondents in the Far East, will vacate · office.-Associated British Government la preparing Snow is falling today...Inj before they could be stowed.
matter us a "merry game."
Chinese Constitution.
the editorial was titled "Allied Press.
to set a time limit for handing Lutun opened a 20th-century United Press.
If the goods were simply, There will, he 10 sents for Totalitarianism,” and sald:
India back to the incans oner "Cabinet Straining” end for all, and auggests ink: cutumunity project a coke. The Chancellor of the Ex- dumped in the market, it was Hong Kong and Miteno, five of "Such a man deserves a great
London, Feb. 19.
within transfer may occur heated "warming-centru" to chequer, Mr. Hugh Dalton, anexplained, there would be no them for the Assembly and five deal better treatment of every.
The new crisis, which has year.--United Press. no need that emergency goal which 'old' folk bring their ownounced that Britain was spend need for a distributing agency for members of both Yuans. arm W* The United
or any supervision.
Stated flared up in India after the * dumps which during, the war,focal and sit.-United Prem, -
Instead of the one Heat now Government and much Allied Congress Party's challenge to held 1,000,000 tons, Bow hold |
Authoritative UNRA sour held for, Hong Kong by Mr. P. [orgun na.SCAP than to be given the Moslem League Ministers only 18h,mm, tons, Gut there
fur houra daily definite period to come.
I
Troops At Work Ten thousand troops
were not familiar with the de-
to speed-up deliveries of coal the fast fushave current restor. from pits to railways and pørr | ed and enult ngi ekeerlesse homes.
London, Feb. 18. plants. Romi cauditions are di will remain blacked out for bad in many parts of the cons
Black marketcering by R. in. try and yesterdligga slight thash
British soldiers in Ger- in the north left wherta of ice
many cost
British tax-| when the trumperature dropper
Are payers 20,000,000, the below freezing again today working throughout the country War Sucretary, Mr Bela Show still blocks the main clearing wanaw Trom roads and Fonds in Edurolishing itxd even | caileonils and by tonight 3,300 lenger, told the House of troops and 1.360 Army trucks | Commons today: when were expected to be hauling introducing a £50,000,000 coal,
supplementary Army es- timatt
in Somerset.
One big, railway Une yesterdný "despatched 25 eval triflus from south Wales and 44 from Mid- land coal fields.
Dublin, where the fuel situation is niso precarious,
The Ministry of Fuel" mi
has beri anly limited with
- dirawals- from- these dips alors j
ing the present crisis.
Every dask. batscholders 'gacie for their daily allocation
of coke at gas-works all over the entry and in Coventry
berthed
18 Days Sans Sun
London, Feb. 19.
uncl
tall
They stressed that such a plun would be full of dangers unless carefully explored to
Uetermine what
and
'
re.
*
ing 10,000,000 In non-sterling
arents.
Mr. Paltug said the American loan, even if it was not Increas
A
THE WEATHER
trout Anttrykure
Jooga and the wildscenį senn. – Alstegieny |alun rapents to be forenlap wêr the Gat
people ned up in bitter cold. London experienced itsy. A shaver Hokkaid
at twq o'tik this morning for
a ning penny-worth allocation. -Reuter.
Near The End
Londón, Fab. 19. Mr. Attlee is expected to tommer in the House of Com. "mons today the ending, at least partially, of Britain's fuel and power crisis.
Kesselring Admits Excesses
Venice, Feb. 19... Field-Marshni Kosselring,!
·Hitler's supreme commander Inj Italy during the Allled; offen-j sive, today described Mussolini's Government "of-No-Enselsts". as a “heavy burden" to the Gør. ; man High Command.
When his trial was resumed before a British military court today, Kesselring" In a 10,000. word repert written while he was a prisoner in Britain, said: "I was subordinate to the Duce and loyally complied with all his wishes."
"Gorman tolerated. for the.
Today's Furmarest? - Moirente M Rod NE
is inte enstward, Prosture le reti eighteenth consecutively to over the musterial regions day without sunshine to-t store, stront N White effily day for the longest sun-joy really continuing coul less period in English re-im: 2.2 l. Unli cords.
Cheaper
Hong Kong
Seats In
agricultural China Assembly
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Macao, Feb. 19.
Lant
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res suggested the reason Chini Gockehin, maunger of Wing: the hum's cast after denial of ON OTHER PAGËS
which
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European Sgt. Accused. Tage Five
Bevin On Palestine..
Page Six
Ration Cuts Likely
Page Eight.
Albania Indicted!
DESIGN FOR HEATING
ut ed, would fast beyond. December desired to neuttle the rehabill On Co., Hong Kong alone will his rights as a correspondent." the Moslem rofusal to tuke 31 1947 at the presentrale gtation programme previously have four. Macan-will continye-| expenditure, United PTE.
Expressing the hope that the part in the Constitufat Assem asked for was inability, to ab to have one seat, pot held by issue will be vigorously pushed, bly, made, front page news in sorb such supplies na have al-Mr.. Watt Yan-check. The elec] the "Post"- suid!... "I Ameri.British newspapers. roudly been received.
tions should be completed before canism is to prevail, there can The Daily Mirror, Large quantities of machin- the end of June: Pavers Clips,
be no doubt as to the answer. usually prints only, “humun, ih- ery and equipment are wasting
Gen. Yang and Mr. Li, se- beeguse its principle is grounded terest" -stories on ila- Tront and rusting in various parts of
a doitble Chin, right now one UNIRA Companied by a party of KMT in the very constitution of the page, today: carried."
military and, civil officers, ar- United States, that there must official said."
rived today by the my. "Merry be made much of claims that she tendered them, the Chinese or favor to the end-that evils. freedom of the picas- Another said that China had Meller" and a banget was freedom to report without fear hid stepped up, distribution sisce UNRIA shipments were address Chinese labsar bafons, may be seen for what it is."-
community. They will later may be exposed and that merit. clinked off for a time last year.
-United Presa, due to bad distribution. "What
United Press, nesty wverse has actually happened is' that suppites have been shunted out of Shanghat and other port cities to rot elsewhere," he said. "Conservatively, 45 per cent of all UNRRA supplies are now rotting and rusting In wäre. houses, godowns and open lots Latul in shortly before out of sight of Shanghal." noga but said 'hey ware nut
Yesterday's Weather:
Minimum: 16.3 deg, Fuchs, Oficials at Kew Observatory Rainfall N
Sunshines NI,
Tuta) sjung from the id previous recorded mark of 17 straight days was established in December, 1890,
7. b. mm.
ten years after the start of such are, it mak statistics.
Reading t 10 m. pun. ...1627.7 1920.2 mh.
the close. Fi
Wins pretiu
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kuet.
He), Manity. Air Ministry weather experts i Dew Point said no relief for the 28 degree WING FOR Fabrenhelt weather was In sight and chances of any, sun- over shine were slim.
Kew officials admitted a few bring enough to record un ruys of sunshine had penetrat-their instruments, United ed the heavy, low-lying clouds Press.
Russia's Plan For Atomic Control
Lake Success, N.Y., Feb. 18. Russian amendments and additions to the report. of the Atomic Energy Commission, were pre- sented to the United Nations Security Council here, tonight. -*-
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The amendments presented by M. Gromyko gave practical expression to Russia's atomic policy as previously outlined in Gromyko's speeches. Their main lines were:
2.
1. Drafting and signing of so. grève as to give rise to the sake of Halian friendship much tion of atomic weapons and the recognised in Article 50 of the a convention forbidding produc inherent right of unsif defpice that happened after Italy use of atomic energy for mill: Charter."... entered the war".
tary purposes.
Severe Critic Another UNERA official de elured: "Reports indicate the rehabilitation \programme, has been a complete failure. Scarce. ly any relief supplies, such un Tood; medicine, and clothing. have actually gone to destitute people who require them. They have either been sold or held
Score Killed In U.S.
Railway Disaster
Altoona, Pennsylvania, Feb. 19.
The Pennsylvania Railroad's "Red Arrow" near- ing the famed "Horseshoe Curve" in predawn darkness plunged over a 150-foot embankment carrying 25 persons.to their death and injuring 124 others.
Many of the injured were reported "critical" in
the Altoona Hospital and likely to die..
in storage against the day the John Holland
UNRRA observers are, with drawn."--United Press.
"Alarming"
www.m
The 14-car train was en routa from. Detraft jo New York. It! was heading into the Benning. ton curvo in the heart of the 1 Kéenic Allegheny mountains, and in a matter of seconds it London, Feb, 19. was a mass of twisted atcel
Arrested
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Washington, Feb. 19- Wellinformed sources „'close 16-UNRRA "Director
A charge of siding the with many of its sleeping: pas- General Lowell Rooks said the proposal Japanese during the war by songers trapped in the wreck. was regarded as "alarming" broadcasting from Tokyo and age: since. I would divert most of Shanghal was opened at BowThe railroad said the dead KW.1 KW-000 WATT the remaining UNRRA China Street Magistrates Court against included 13 passengers, five programme to uses never in John James Holland, aged 36, rallway mall clorka" and three tended by UNRRA Council re described as a West Australian members of the train's crow objectionable in view of cunser Holland was arrested at Hull for the train's-ind-climb over solutions and, was even more and former journalist..
the engineer and two firemen who manned tha ̈** Ibcomotives xativo, estimates that at least Yorkshire, yesterday, while Kesselring's report spuke of2. Destruction of all exist
150 per cent of all-funds realis- asides in a bunk on the ship
the-snake-like-ralipath.Ang+| Polish Support or terrifying increase of part! ing stocks cf atomic weapons.
ed by the Chinese. Government on which he was serving as will be used to prosecute civil seaman. sanactivity after Italy broke
"Thu Pelish delegato support- 3. Establishment of an in-ing the Russian proposals, wald War against the Chinese Gom-The caso was formally with Germany
tornational system of atomic that there was no question of muhlalə, vagy Journed-Router, "With the surrender of Rome, energy control. the position became avaThe Russian amendments In- the atomic bombs avaliable here the proposal lo anyone wanting the secret of According to information "In face-of-unscrupulous slated that any International "Peace-loving nations are not to divert all agricultural and
--Industrial ? rehabilitatibu
ted""." he said..
atomic control body should be Interested in the manufacture partisan activity, the defence within the framework of the of the atomic bomb, Heaald. to the purchase of cereal, grains against it was bound to develop Security Council and taus subTheir only desire is that of anti cotton which would be sold into completo destruction, butject to the big powers' voto, destroying the stocks of bombs without restrictions!**
unfortunately our troops over One Soviet amendment, can now in existence and depriving stepped, the limits/vegels
1: ended, a point by saying? "While anyone of the inossibility a Kesselring aid that well considering the problem of vio-using them anywhere.vif we Conducted arrests of hostages! lation of the terins of the con- not disarm atomic or poner would have obviated, the nordivanticnziesahould be borne-Wo
Work-of-th (og Fenrisalsa Reuterk
Aming that violation" might be commisafote
clated Press
The death toll has been de Aultoly established at: 22 with, ad-124-injured, 20, aritically.
Investigation "lips not yet as Lablished blame for the train lesping the rails... on 'n sharp downgratie curve. The reapon. train was the only survivor of sible engineer on the leading the crows of the two locomo Lives,United Prose, MA
YAUMATI SHOTS: A police patrol which sur prized armed robbers engaged tions at 802 Shanghai Yanmati, at about 10 night opened firewhon stered. Two of
hrow away” their) Jall nõ-ona-was: hit and "Ci
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