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HONG KONG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1947.
SOVIET OBJECTS TO JAP Why The Walls Don't Chen
China's Indian Ambassador
TREATY TALKS
In Hong Kong Australia Warns U.S.
Dr. Lo Chion, firat Chinese Ambassad e to Júdia, prrived here from Calcutta kboard a BOAC Jiplng boat Jesterday afternoon,
Central Neien najja Dr. Lo la expected to proceed to Nanking in a day or two to report to the National Gon. ernment.
Governor Of Macao Arrives
The new Governur of Macao (Cdr. Albano Rodrigues de Oliveira) Jarrived at Kai Tak late yesterday afternoon by a BAOC plane.
He was met on arrival by several
officials from Macao and members of The Portuguese community.
government
May Be "Deluded"
London, Aug. 31.
The text of the latest Russian note to the United
States, as broadcast from Moscow, and re- corded by the Soviet monitor, has attacked the Japanese peace treaty.
The note says: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR informs you that the Soviet Gov- ernment deems the arguments put forward by the American Government against prelimin- ary discussions by the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Soviet Union, the United States, Britain and China are not well founded.
The
advancel note
the subseqeunty give their agree. following objections:-
ment.
that the
the
"The special interest of "It is well-known Comune of Foreign Ministers Soviet Union. the United States, was set up by Potsdam decision | Britain and China in the ques
tions of the postwar situation in for conducting the necessary preparatory work on the pence Japan was recognised by the fact that, at the Moscúw Conference of redement
This decision does not by 1945, the United States, Britai any mens provide for a limita and the Soviet Union reached an then of that work unly to the agreement to which subsequently pence Rttlement in regard ts China also adhered on the fact that these four countries would Ilse canntries of Europe.
The inclusion of the repre-take part in the Allied Council For Japan und that the Eastern Commission in Washing. tentative of China testifies to fur the fact that the questions of
ton would adupt its decision with the peace settlement in regard
an obligatory agreement of the of the four representatives: above-mentioned powers.
In the evening he was guest Japan also fal! within the Af honour at a dinner at the
competence of the council of Hong Kong Hotel given by the
| Fordign Ministers, Portuguese Consul
Sr. Eduardo Brazno,
"At the same time, the mean. Genera', The above-mentioned circum- ing of this decision
the of stance is also admitted by the Moscow Conference
cannot be Among those present were
Government, fax subject to re-interprelation. American Sir Alexander much as ifя the povernor
memorandum of
"In view of the above, the tiranthum). Mr. D.M. Mae August 13 of this year states Soviet Government continues to Dangoll (Colonial Secretary) at the Council of Foreign maintain its point of view ex. and Mr. T. W. Kwok.
Ministers Cdr. Oliveira is leaving for his which would allow for of this year and insists
was set upon a pounded in its reply of July 22 Mucno this morning.
its utilisation for the prepart question of the convocutions of a Lam Hot
tion of the peace treaty with conterence for the drafting of Japan.
the peace treaty with Japan being Administration preliminarily discussed by the ***This admission
the Council In
Ministers. Foreign
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"Now That We Are Fres
Again."
Pune There
Another Soviet Attack,
Palestine Partition.
hye Four
Page Ten
Latest Sporting.
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Come Tumbling Down.
baye Here Is Just one reason why Britain's walls never completely crumbled. He's 65-year-old Harry Dol- ton. He was sweeping up the courtyard of the. Foreign Office in Downing Street. London, when his broom knocked against a time bomb. He got away with it. ~~ APhoto.
STRIKE
SITUATION HAS SETTLED DOWN
TO ROUTINE DEADLOCK
United States memorandum is. composed of the representatives It was another day of ‘all quiet' on the labour front however, accompanied by a re- of the Soviet Union, the United servation of an arbitrary States, Britain and China. character, us through the utili- Australian View
that
yesterday, with no change in the situation. The Strikke Committee met at the Chinese En- gineers Institute for the 17th night in succes- sion last night, but the matters discussed were purely routine.
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Says Manchuria To Be Retaken
Retaken Wedding "At Any Cost"
Nanking, Aug. 31.
The Chief of Staff (Gen, Chen Cheng) on the eve of his departure for the north-east, told re- porters today that Manchuria must be recover- ed "at any cost". The Nationalists there will shift from the defensive to the offensive soon, he said.
Gen. Chen, newly appointed ¡newly enptured Communist sen- supreme Nationalist commander part in Southern Shantung, after of Manchuria, outlined a now offecting a junction with the Gov- policy of complete analhliatlon jernment forces perating in the of the Communists in Manchuria area who had stormed last night. militarily, the stamping out of chong, 48 mlica west of Tsingtao.
lato the important city of Club- corruption politically andl in- creasing the production mically.
Gifts For A Princess
Shanghai, Arp. 31.
Elizabeth har
Prinecan ardered a
act of Chineze crockery from Klangri Peki viner, auth-urst
کرنے
Shanghai. narording to a report appear-
ing to the newspaper, “Ta Kung Pao," today.
Foreign
Minister Wany
Shik-chich has acut a personal
representative to work delicate chintware for England's future quern. Meastwhile,
in
Londen 6. R. Owen. of Pain. Mr. fox, Devon, fun written t Princess Elizabeth offering to provide peld for her wedding
Ping from two small sk
mines wear Dolgell, in North Water, which he formerly
Further north, the Nalkmalist eco forces, engaged in a drive in the
menaged. eastern section of Telman-Tsingtao He and the government railway, recaptured Knoil,~ 40 “ashamed" of its inability to oc.Įmiles northwest of Tsingtao. cupy the whole of Manchuria in! two years after victory over Japan.
Korea
Nanking, Aug. 31. The Chinese Foreign Office an "We must recover Manchuria mounted today it will send a reply from the hands of the rebels. to the United States Government Whatever might be we will show within a few days agreeing to no mercy toward corruption and participate in a four-power on- abuse of official powers," be The statement recalled that 22 added.
!
ference on Korea.
Proposal to enll in four-power cupe "ta lay the ground work
He indented ho would meteference
out capital punishment of cul-for a united, independent Koreau prits.
state" Arst carrie from the Chinesa
"To save the people we must | Government. k the people," he said.
flora
Corruption
it said that in a letter from the Office to Gen. George C.
Marchio
this year, Foreign Min
Shih-chich
Gold from three mines wan used for the wedding rings of the Princeen Rayal, the sister of King Greorac, and the Butchers of Kent, formerly Francena Marine of Grreact United Piers and Nonter.
Dynamite Explosion On Junk
Gen. Chen sald that when he later Wang, was in Mukden, the last time that "full vonsultation should many cases of corruption, most take place amany the United ly In committee of combined ser. Slates, Soviet Union, Great Bri vlees, were brought to his atten-tain und China, who were parties Injuries received to the Marrow agreement in There was coercive occupalla repyfile power, enult not reach board a fishing junk out- December 1945, on Koren if the through an explosion on of factories and theatres by an agreement in this matter.side Hong Kong wate's army men, wastage of ammuni- United Press, Asa:ciated Prem & tion and other supplies and the Reuter. sale of public property for pri- vate proft.
He said corrupt officiala
re-
mitted about CN$10,000,000,000 THERE WAS A monthly to their families in CORPSE ON China Proper,
Economically, he pointed out,THE BEACH Manchuria specially needs in-
on Saturday resulted in 12 members of the crew. receiving severe in- juries.
One of them died yesterday afternoon after udmission to the Kawinen Hospital
creased production In power, The body of an unitnown According to a report received, steel and coal.
Chinese malo was found at the the explosion took place afer He said it was urgent that Lul Chi-kok beach shortly after the fishing junk had reached the the equipment
fehing grounds and was making of the Haino noen. yesterday.
preparations to dynamite, Osh
Following upon the explosion, the master of the junk ime- dintely set sail for Talpo.
sation of the Council for the Recent Australion missions to preparation of the peace treaty Washington have told the United with Jupan could take placi States Government they will in only under the condition that sist
the Japanese peace Earlier in the afternoon repre- discussion, and formed no part of the members of the Council treaty curry guarantees of a long.sentatives of eight Kowloon labur any demand."
"Our goal is a living wage, and | Feng-man power plant, the Kus- The man, who appeared to be organisations called on Institute Lime occupation.
don't care what form Ithan steel factories and the about 22 years of age was of They expect to find themselves officials and proffered the strikerwe
were medium build and well developed. in sharp disagreement with the their fullest meral and financia! tales, whether baste or allow. Fushun coalmine, which
had long hate and was stripped and destroyed; by the United States, fati Austrailan "upport.
Financial support from all sec.
in-Chinese Communists and the So-dressed in white shorts and blue offelal visitor to Washington said tions of labour has been on
viets, be replenished.
and white striped underpants. in an interview with the Asso. Increase. ciated Press.
Up to yesterday over $10,000 His Government, he said, behave been received by the Inati Heves the United States intends tute.
Headache For 'New' Persian Premier
Teheran, Aug. 30.
Ghavam Es Sultanch, the Persian Prime Minister who resigned on Wednesday after the election of the new Majlis (Parliament), was re-elect- ed Premier today in a private session of the National Assembly with 78 votes out of a total of 116.
·
The biggest problem facing this sturdy 71-year-old
land-owner politician remains the oil negotia tions with the Soviet Union, who are still pressing for the conclusion of the oil agree-. ment drafted last year.
رجو
The Majlis has never ratified preceded the Russian action the Soviet-Persian oil agree was reliably understood to be mon of April 6 1946, one of as follows:
to pull its troops out of Japan within the next two years.
Statement
-
unce.
of 'workers Latest group thetected by the "demand for more pay" tever are the car and bus drivers in Hong Kong, who met last night and decided upon the appointment of n committed to fx the amount of increase to be demanded.
He refused the use of name.
A statement was issued by the but said several United States. Instituto yesterday giving Australian conversations had pro-view of the strike parlaya.
showed no sincerity when they In Australia, the Sydney Sun.refused to make further conces day Sun says in a Cunberra dis.lona aver and above the 20 per. they originally H.C.H. Ceat increase patch that Lieut. Gen.
offered, Robertson, commander of British
re duced the same elash of ideas. It said that employers evidently
Warning
The committee will be formed and will forthwith settle down
business, possibly tonight. The workers of the five utility (Electric, Tramway, Telephone and Gas Companies) were last night still undecided on the course of uniform action to It reiterated that the men would be taken in thelg demand for a
|toncerns
troops in Japan. warned the sit tight until employers showed pay increase. British Empire Conference on they were sincerely desirous uf It is understood that the de. In Japanese treaty "not to trust settling the strike by making the mand will also cover uniform the Japanese."
inproved treatment and pensions. next move. Robertson, according to the "A lot of fuas has been made
Service Workers Sun, warned the conference to in the Labour Officer's statement
Service personnel are still run. beware of obvious cooperation by about the subsidiary conditions the Japanese now, and to suspect discussed with the Labour Officer,"ning the pumping stations of the Waterworks and the Dairy Farm Bold Institute officials.
"They were merely put up for refrigerating Installations.
the provisions of which was The Course Of Events that it should be submitted for On his recent return to their sincerity. ratification to the Majlis not Teheran. the Soviet Ambas- The dispatch continues:- Inter than seven months after cador strongly. urged Ghavam March 24. 1946.
Agreement.
י
"No mention was made of this
Es Sultanch to secure ratifica- in communiques during the week. tion with amendments if neces- but Robertson was forthright The agreement provided forsary of the Apri! 1946 arrange about the Japanese. Some dele. a joint Soviet-Persian oil com- ment for a joint Savio:-Persian gates feared the Americans may pany to explolt northern Persia company to exploit oil in north-have been deluded by the Japan.
· It will be recalled } ese. for a term of 60 years. In the crn Persia.
nrrangement WB6 first 25 years, 49 per cent of that this
the shures would belong to Par-blocked in the Majlis.
(Continued on. Poue 10)
THE WEATHER
Generel altuation:The typhook, con tinue to All up and now welata at an extensive depression covering B.W. Chinı.
Pressure is high to the east of Jaurs and over Mongolia and relatively, low over
is moving eset merori
of
•
the Carolines.
Adresalus
The correspondent said one of the delegates showed him some sla and.51 to the Soviet Union, Ghavam Es Su'taneh replied, Japanese newspapers, and "quoted the distribution thereafter be equally strongly, that there hin os saying: ing 30-50, the profits to be was no prospect of the Majlis divided accordance with|ratifying any such arrange- shares, and Russia to supply ment. machinery and Installations and Thereupon the Soviet Am- delegate exports.
bassador proposed that Perala The Persian Goverment un-ahould grant a Russian oll con- derlook not to grant all conces. | cession in the north similar to
lons in the territories agreed that of the Anglo-Persian Aupon to foreign companies or to company in the south.
To this tho Péraion Premier any company which elther-em ployed foreign personnel or in-replied that southern conces Manchule
Forces. Moderats south to south clided foreign capital:
alon was originally granted and | winds, cloudy with showers' at first, Im Barlier this month, "Moscow renewed in conditions which no proving during the day. Itadio reported that Ivan Dad lenger provali and that it would. alikov, the Soviet Ambassador now be unconstitutional for Minimum 13.6 deg. Fab. to Petsin, had handed to Gha- Pernia to grant any such con unhine: 80 hours,
Halafall 129.3 mm. Total since Jen, 1 vam, Ea Sultonch a draft agree cessions, p ment on the formation of; a There, so far as was known, Joint Soviet-Persian oll com, the matter resta. It was stat sary to conform to the treaty ed in Landon that ro'ations be
April 1046.
Wesley-Weather Maximum 889 les. Fak.
1100,0 mm. he against an avernes of
12 Bendings st
7.
110 Km 4 DANA (wann· Perala and Anglo-Iran- Kara. At mah, s. 10021.10011. m.bi
*$3.65 = 21.94 Inche Routers Financial Editors, | fan have recently been satisfac- Equals
Bal Ülsmidity 21 Blinds Gampell, wrote in this tory and there was avery ex-
Dalam pectation, that they would con- wind Direction... » abglance pi events which | finue 80-Router,
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Princess Settles Down To Quiet Honeymoon
London, Aug. 31.
The economic crisis and a disastrous fire have des- troyed the hopes of Princess Elizabeth and her flance, Lt Philip Mountbatten, for a lavish wedding honeymoon country home of their
own.
their
General Chon was scheduled
#
..
The Injured were landed and report made to "the Talpo He wore green stockings and Police Station.
Ambulances were despatched to leave for Manchuria today, if white canvas rubber shoes. the weather permis.
There were no external marks from Kowloon and the injured
taker to the Kowloon Hospital.
"No Time Limit" of injury.
The duration
new of his mission is uncertain.
source.
One well-informed hinted that he would not return int he had crushed the Com-
munists and made the position of the Nationalists in Manchuria quite secure.
With this end in view, General Chen Cheng is expected to begin the immediate reorganisation. Generalissimo Chiang Kal.shek's Headquarters upon his arrival In Manchuria, and to strengthen all the weak points in the Govern ment's defence system.
· “Negotiations"
Mr. Eden Says A Few
Unkind
Edm accused
Words
C5017-
London, Aug. 31. Anthony Eden, Britain's war-time Foreign Minis- ter, assailed the Labour Government on Satur- day for its conduct of affairs in Britain's ecc.... nomic crisis. He declared that if the Attlee regime “can do no better, it should quit."
the government discrimination clause) should not of "lack of foresight and inde- stand in the way of such trade, As General Chen Cheng dew (claton," and said that "this drib. Mr. Eden яuld..
It must clearly be to the In. northward to take over his com-bling succession of weekly cuts mand hostheast, the Kuomintang pnd vexing government pro- terest of all commercial
that the Executive Committee approved grammes is exasperating and de-munities
economie strength. anlatability of the Bri. "an outline for Kuomintang repressing the British people, construction" which urged for It is the road down hill and ttish Empire should be dovulope i serious negotiations" with the the government can do no better, to the utmost. I have no doubt Russians for the recovery of all It should quit,"
that our American 'friends would Manchuria.
Eden's speech, at
a Conserva-understand this perfectly well.** The outline, which the party tive mesting in Carnoustic, Scol — Reuter, Itader aald will be presented to land, was made as the govern- the fourth plenary session of the ment and rilne min: union party's executive committee start leaders appealed to 16,000 York- log Sptember 9, also urged for (shire coal miners to end a wild.
Parla, Aug. 30, Profess: Harold Laski, former the end of the factional strife cat strike which is curtailing Chairman of the Labour Party. within the party, * purge of
production ut a time when the charged, the British Government disloyal memberi," Improved administration has been urging with having committed
"serious party discipline, and the revival increased output. Associated mistake at the beginning of its..
Fress,
Britain
to
must do all in her "atimulate progress
Laski's Moan
..
of the revolutionary spirit.
the noting of the career in. According to reporta in Lon-¡ planned to livo, after
Chiang Moves
Stimulate Progress"
Palestine problem a letter Socialist don tedny, the Princess has honeymoon.
President Chiang Kai-shok took
Carnoustic, Aug. 30. published In tho agreed with hor father that an It wi'l take many months to from Nanking this morning
Papolaire" today. newspaper Novem- repair the damage and reno-board his privato plane "Meling"
Prófessor Laski sait that it austerity wedding, on ber 20 at, Westminster Abbeyvation wark.
on an inspection top of the power
part Socialist Government wou'd be more in line with the The pelice said after a full Shantung battle front as the Na-with the Western Europe. plan would be more honourable on the nation's current economie hard-day's investigation that they tihnallats claimed further sweep in response to the Marshall old-to begin again on a new basle shipe
had found no stapleton of ing successes in the auth eastern to-Europe offer. Mr. Eden, deputy by admitting its mistakes rather
part of the province, play
leader of the Conservative, Party than, by trying to conceal the re- At the same time it was rearson,
qult and by making the Pronett. The Generallashing was accom- Opposition, said, tho perted the King Insisted that They suggested that
Wak nworkman's panied by two secretaries and Mr. Advocating full priority to the poople the accomplice of its l the ban on foreign travel for cause.
Yu. Chishth, Director of the Miltefforte being made, Mr. Eden de Justice. BLANCO any pleasure purposes, includ-cigarette.
tary Service Bureau,
clared; "Such a plan must take the praised the French Gavern- Madame Chiang Kej-shok Ing. honeymoons, should apply The News of the World" re
"British pressure if the Exodus to his own her British Bilzabeth, had meant to spend her own resort and former sur Cantare agalaj ing possibility for fanns en courage its heart and centre of the Briis uffaly centralar the Jewish re to his own daughter as well ported that Philip and Princess Nanking this morning lying in account of our position as the meat for renirting what he called
Commonwealth and now being citizen, dok part of their honeymoon in mountain.
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